sakura yori

On summer: composed in farewell to Kyōhaku, after seeing late-blooming cherries on going to see the pine trees at Takekuma.

櫻より松は二木を三月越し

sakura yori
matsu wa futa ki o
mitsuki goshi
Since true cherry time-
Now, two pine trees do I
See-three months have passed.

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