From a folding screen in the palace of His Majesty, former Emperor En’yū (959-991; r. 969-984).
紫のふぢさく松のこずゑにはもとのみどりもみえずぞありける
| murasaki no Fudi saku matu no kozuwe ni Fa moto no midori mo miezu zo arikeru | The violet Wisteria blooms upon the pine’s Treetops: The green beneath Has quite vanished. |
On a day at the end of the Third Month when it was raining, he plucked a spray of wisteria blossom and sent it to someone.
ぬれつつぞしひてをりつる年の内に春はいくかもあらじと思へば
| nuretutu zo siFite worituru tosi no uti ni Faru Fa ikukamo arazi to omoFeba |
Soaked through, and Heedless of it, I plucked this: For this year Spring, is all but Gone: or so I felt. |
Ariwara no Narihira
在原業平