Kinkai wakashū 56

For a folding screen painting of gazing at blossom at a mountain retreat.

時の間とおもひてこしを山ざとに花みるみるとながゐしぬべし

toki no ma to
omoitekoshi o
yamazato ni
hana mirumiru to
nagaishinubeshi
But briefly
Did I think to be
In this mountain retreat, but
In gazing, ever gazing at the blossom
Have I lengthily tarried here!
A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

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