Kinkai wakashū 64

里はあれぬ志賀の花ぞのそのかみの昔の春や恋しかるらん

sato wa arenu
shiga no hanazono no
sono kami no
mukashi no haru ya
koishikaruran

The estate lies in ruins, so
Shiga’s blossom gardens
In those days
Of spring, long gone,
Do seem especially dear.

Waka Poetry