Falling Blossom (落花)
のこりなくなぞやちるらむ桜花をしまれぬ身もあれば有る世に
nokorinaku
nazo ya chiruran
sakurabana
oshimarenu mi mo
areba aru yo ni | With not a single one remaining
Why do you scatter so,
O, cherry blossom?
How I do regret that I
Must live on in such a world! |
Daishin
Falling Blossom (落花)
庭もせにちりしく花のしろければ雪ふるとしの心ちこそすれ
niwamose ni
chirishiku hana no
shirokereba
yuki furu toshi no
kokochi koso sure | My narrow strip of ground,
Spread with drifts of blossom
Is so white, that
This year snow has fallen
Do I truly feel! |
Higo
Falling Blossom (落花)
木のもとにちりつもりたる花をこそ庭桜とはいふべかりけれ
ko no moto ni
chiritsumoritaru
hana o koso
niwazakura to wa
iubekarikere | The trees’ feet are
Piled with drifts of
Blossom: so
Domesticated cherries
Should they be called! |
Kanemasa
Falling Blossom (落花)
さくら花ちりぬる宿の庭の面はみにこし人の跡だにもなし
sakurabana
chirinuru yado no
niwa no omowa
minikoshi hito no
ato dani mo nashi | Cherry blossom
Has fallen at my home;
The grounds, of
Visiting folk
Show not a single trace… |
Tadafusa
Falling Blossom (落花)
風ふけば木すゑもいその心ちして花のしらゆふ浪ぞこえける
kaze fukeba
kozue mo iso no
kokochishite
hana no shirayū
nami zo koekeru | When the wind does blow
Even the treetops, like rocks
Do feel, with
Blossom, white as mulberry cloth,
Breaking on them in waves. |
Toshiyori
Falling Blossom (落花)
まこちふくはなのあたりの木のしもは時ぞともなき雪ぞふりける
makochi fuku
hana no atari no
ko no shimo wa
toki zo tomonaki
yuki zo furikeru | Straight from the east blows the wind,
Striking the blossoms lying
Round the treetrunks;
Out of season
Has snow fallen! |
Nakazane
Falling Blossom (落花)
谷川にながれて花のうづまくは岩ねがたきの波かとぞみる
tanikawa ni
nagarete hana no
uzumaku wa
iwane ga taki no
nami ka to zo miru | In a mountain stream
Flow blossoms
In the eddies:
Cataracts from the crags
Make waves of them, it seems! |
Akinaka
Peach Blossom (桃花)
みちよへん春をしれと桃の花君がそのにぞまづさきにける
michiyo hen
haru o shire tote
momo no hana
kimi ga sono ni zo
mazu sakinikeri | Three thousand generations have passed, it seems;
‘Realise ‘tis spring!’ say
The peach blossoms,
In my Lord’s garden
Have they bloomed first! |
Daishin
Peach Blossom (桃花)
我がそのの桃のはつ花さきにけりみちよすぐべき春のしるしか
wa ga sono no
momo no hatsuhana
sakinikeri
michiyo sugubeki
haru no shirushi ka | In my garden
The first peach blossoms
Have bloomed!
Can three thousand generations have passed
Afore this symbol of spring? |
Higo
Peach Blossom (桃花)
春霞たちかくさなんみちのべのかきねにさけるひめももの花
harugasumi
tachikakusanan
michinobe no
kakine ni sakeru
himemomo no hana | The spring hazes
Do arise, and seem to hide them:
By the roadside
Blooming on the brushwood fence,
Sweet peach blossoms… |
Kanemasa
'Simply moving and elegant'