Composed on Mount Tsukuba.
やまたかみふりくるゆきをむめのはなちりかもくるとおもひけるかな
yama takami
purikuru yuki wo
mume no pana
tiri kamo kuru to
omopikeru kana | Upon the mountain’s heights
Falling comes the snow—as
Plum blossom
Come scattering, perhaps—
Did I think! |
鴬のこつたふ枝の移り香は桜の花のときの待つ衣
ugupisu no
ko tutapu eda no
uturika pa
sakura no pana no
toki no matu kinu |
The bush warbler
Tells me of the branches’
Fragrance:
For cherry blossom
Season does my robe await. |
Yamabe no Akahito
山辺赤人
'Simply moving and elegant'