Composed at Emperor Kazan’s poetry competition:
のどかにも頼まるゝかなちりたゝぬ花の都の櫻とおもへば
| nodoka ni mo tanomaruru kana tiritatanu Fana no miyako no sakura to omoFeba |
O, for this peace and calm Is my only wish; Never to fall, Our flowered Capital’s Cherry blossom it is, I feel. |