When Ki no Tomonori had not yet been bestowed with any official position, in connection with this when he was asked how old he was and replied that he was forty.

今までになどかは花のさかずしてよそとせあまり年ぎりはする

ima made ni nado ka Fa Fana no sakazusite yoso tose amari tosigiri Fa suru

Up to this moment Why is it that blossoms Have yet to bloom? After as much as forty years Absent a year they are…

The Posthumous Chancellor