A poem from the Poetry Contest held by the Empress Dowager during the reign of the Kanpyō emperor.

春霞たなびく野べの若菜にもなり見てし哉人も摘むやと

Farugasumi tanabiku nobe no wakana ni mo narimitesigana Fito mo tumu ya to

Spring haze Drifting through the fields over The new herbs I would become— For then she might pick me, perhaps…

Fujiwara no Okikaze