Composed on the spirit of the end of Spring, when he presented a hundred-poem sequence during the reign of Retired Emperor Horikawa.
常よりもけふのくるゝを惜むかな今幾度の春としらねば
| tune yori mo keFu no kururu wo wosimu kana ima ikutabi no Faru to siraneba |
More than normal The dusk today Is matter for regret; Now, how many more Springs will I see?-I know not… |
Former Middle Councillor [Ōe no] Masafusa
大江匡房