Willow.
さほひめのねくたれがみをあをやぎのけづりやすらんはるのやまかぜ
saohime no
nekutaregami o
aoyagi no
kezuri ya suran
haru no yamakaze | Princess Sao’s
Sleep-tangled tresses
Of green willow:
Are they combed, perhaps, by
The breeze from off the mountains in springtime? |
On the shape of a pine tree floating in the pond at the Asuka Mansion.
いけみづにまつのみどりをうつしてぞちとせのかげもいろまさりける
ikemizu ni
matsu no midori o
utsushite zo
chitose no kage mo
iro masarikeru | In the pond’s waters
The pine trees’ green
Is reflected;
The face of a thousand years in
Superlative hues! |
Ōe no Masafusa
'Simply moving and elegant'