Poem 61 of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets
inishie no
Nara no miyako no
yaezakura
kyō kokonoe ni
nioinuru kana
Eightfold cherries
from Nara, the capital
in times long past,
bloom today in ninefold splendor
within our palace gates.
— Ise no Taifu
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