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たづのすむはまべににほふとこなつはいとどのどけきかげぞみえける

tazu no sumu hamabe ni niou tokonatsu wa itodo nodokeki kage zo miekeru

Cranes dwell On the beach where ever glow The pinks— How tranquil it is To see their shapes!

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やまがつのかきほながらにうつしうゑていつとなくみむとこなつのはな

yamagatsu no kakio nagara ni utsushi uete itsu to naku mimu tokonatsu no hana

Even by a woodcutter’s Brushwood fence Should they be transplanted Always would I gaze upon Bedded pinks in bloom…

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[i] This poem is included in Fubokushō (IX: 3460), attributed to Nakatsukasa, with the headnote ‘Poetry Match held by Junior Consort Yoshiko (Hōshi) in the Fifth Month, Tenryaku 10’.  In some texts of the match, there is a minor variation in the wording of the final line, having iro (‘hues’), instead of kage (‘shapes’) as here.