Verse 2: Although it was against his wish wetting his sleeves with dews and tears, he was such a smart person that he could make the Emperor smile with this ten-character poem on the cherry tree.
2.御心ならぬいでましの、御袖露けき朝戸出に、誦（ずん）じて笑ますかしこさよ、桜の幹の十字の詩。