Left (Tie).
名取河春の日數は顯て花にぞしづむせゞの埋木
| natorigawa haru no hi kazu wa arawarete hana ni zo shizumu seze no mumoregi |
The river Natori: The days of spring have reached Their span, and Blossom swamps The drowned tree upon the shoals. |
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Right
名もしるし峰のあらしも雪とふる山櫻戸のあけぼのゝ空
| na mo shirushi mine no arashi mo yuki to furu yamasakurado no akebono no sora |
It’s all in the name: Storm winds from the peak Scatter a snowstorm of blossom; My mountain cherry door Open upon a dawning sky. |
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When people were composing poems on blossom at the house of Princess Yūshi (1038-1105).
はなの色にあまぎるかすみたちまよひそらさへにほふ山桜かな
| hana no iro ni amagiru kasumi tachi mayoi sora sae niou yamazakura kana |
The blossoms’ hue within the Sky-shading mist Does swirl; The very heavens glow With mountain cherry. |
Provisional Major Councillor[Fujiwara no] Naga’ie (1005-1064)
Composed on the spirit of desiring mountain blossoms, when he was Great Minister of the Centre.
白雲のたなびく山のやま桜いづれを花とゆきておらまし
| shirayuki no tanabiku yama no yamazakura izure o hana to yukite oramashi |
Snow, white, Trails across the mountain’s Cherries; Knowing which are blossom I would go, and pluck them. |
The Former Kyōgoku Regent and Prime Minister [Fujiwara no Morozane (1042-1101)]