Sankashū I: 107

浪もなく風ををさめし白川のきみのをりもや花はちりけん

nami mo naku
kaze o osameshi
shirakawa no
kimi no ori mo ya
hana ya chiriken

There were no waves and
The winds were pacified;
In Shirakawa’s
Majestic reign—
Did the blossom scatter then, I wonder?

107

Waka Poetry