From a palace poetry match held in Tenryaku 9.
さきさかずよそにてもみむやまざくらみねのしらくもたちなかくしそ
| saki sakazu yoso nite mo mimu yamazakura mine no sirakumo tati na kakusi so | Whether they blossom, or blossom not In the distance would I gaze Upon the mountain cherries, so O, clouds of white around the peaks, Do not rise to conceal them! |