Composed for a folding screen picture, showing regret for the falling cherry blossoms.
山里に散り果てぬべき花故に誰とはなくて人ぞまたるゝ
| yamazato ni tiriFatenubeki Fana yuFe ni tare to Fa nakute Fito zo mataruru |
About this mountain dwelling Have fallen all, it seems, Of the blossoms, so Somehow, I am awaiting one who must come. |
Minamoto no Michinari (d. 1019)