KKS I: 37

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よそにのみあはれとぞ見し梅花あかぬ色香は折てなりけり

yoso ni nomi
aFare to zo misi
ume no Fana
akanu iroka Fa
woritenarikeri
Simply at a distance
Did their sight move me, but that
Of Plum blossoms’
Hue and scent, I never can be sated
I know now I have plucked them!

The Monk Sosei

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