Prince Motoyoshi lived with the daughter of Lord Kanemori, but she was summoned by the Cloistered Emperor and, while she was in service to him, he was unable to meet her, so at the beginning of the year in springtime, he took a branch of cherry blossom, and left it thrust through the doorway of her chamber.

花のいろはむかしながらにみし人の心のみこそうつろひにけれ

Fana no iro Fa mukasi nagara ni misi Fito no kokoro nomi koso uturoFinikere

The hues of this blossom are Just as long ago, when She I saw them with has Her heart, indeed, Moved elsewhere!

Prince Motoyoshi