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Poem 61 from 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