Composed for a picture of peach blossom on a folding screen in the Tenryaku Period (947-957).
あかざらば千代までかざせ桃の花花も變らじ春も絶えねば
| akazaraba ti yo made kazase momo no Fana Fana mo kaFarazi Faru mo taeneba |
If you cannot get your fill, For a thousand years, a garland wear, Of peach blossom; For the flowers will not age, And Spring will be unceasing. |