Composed on plovers for a poetry competition in Eishō 4 [1050].
佐保川の霧のあなたに鳴く千鳥聲は隔てぬ物にぞ有ける
saFogaFa no kiri no anata ni naku tidori kowe Fa Fedatenu mono ni zo arikeru |
The River Sao: Mist rises, and from beyond Come plover cries, Their calls uninterrupted By anything. |
The Horikawa Minister of the Right [Fujiwara no Yorimune]