Composed on plum blossom.
さきしよりかねてぞをしき梅花ちりのわかれはわが身とおもへば
| sakishi yori kanete zo oshiki ume no hana chiri no wakare wa wa ga mi to omoeba | Since you bloomed, I have felt nothing but regret, O, plum blossoms! For on parting, the one to scattered Will be me, I fear… |
