[One of] Two poems composed at the South Shrine in Minu in spring – sakaki.

をとめごがとるかみがきのさか木葉とやとせつばきはいづれ久しき

otomego ga toru kamigaki no sakakiba to yatose tsubaki wa izure hisashiki

Maidens Take from the sacred fence Leaves of sakaki and Many-years camellia: Which is older, I wonder?

Nōin