The moon above the mountains in spring.
kaze sawagu
ochi no tōyama
sora harete
sakura ni kumoru
haru no yo no tsuki | The wind murmurs above
Above the distant mountains
Clearing the skies
Clouded with cherry blossom from
The moon this spring night. |
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桜ばなさける山路や遠からん過ぎがてにのみ春のくれぬる
sakurabana
sakeru yamaji ya
tōkaran
sugigate ni nomi
haru no kurenuru | The cherry blossom
Has bloomed along the mountain paths—
Are they so very distant?
With only dragging feet
Does spring pass into dusk. |
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みちすがら散りかふはなを雪とみてやすらふ程にこの日くらしつ
michi sugara
chirikau hana o
yuki to mite
yasurau hodo ni
kono hi kurashitsu | All along, the road is
So scattered with blossom that
Seems as snow
Idling along
Shall I while the day away. |
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春ふかみ花ちりかかる山の井はふるきし水にかはづなくなり
haru fukami
hana chirikakaru
hana no i wa
haru fukishi mizu ni
kawazu nakunari | Deep in springtime
Petals scatter over
The well among the blossom, where
From spring’s ancient waters
The frogs are crying. |
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さけばかつうつろふやまの桜ばな花のあたりに風なふきそも
sakeba katsu
utsurou yama no
sakurabana
hana no atari ni
kaze na fuki so mo | Blooming, so at long last
Shining on the mountain are
The cherry blossoms;
Around the blooms
O, wind, don’t you blow! |
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春くればいとかのやまのいと桜風にみだれて花ぞ散りける
haru kureba
itoka no yama no
itozakura
kaze ni midarete
hana zo chirikeru | When spring comes,
Upon Itoka Mountain
The weeping cherries
Whipped into confusion by the wind
Do scatter blossom! |
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Composed on fallen blossom.
春ふかみあらしの山の桜ばなさくと見し間に散りにけるかな
haru fukami
arashi no yama no
sakurabana
saku to mishi ma ni
chirinikeru kana | In the depths of spring
Storms winds come to Arashi Mountain’s
Cherry blossom:
The moment that I saw them bloom
Had they scattered! |
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'Simply moving and elegant'
