Composed on the scattering of cherry blossoms.
ことならばさかずやはあらぬさくら花見る我さへにしづ心なし
| koto naraba sakazu ya Fa aranu sakurabana miru ware saFe ni sidukokoro nasi | If it could be that You never bloomed at all, O, cherry blossoms, Then at your sight I Would not be so disturbed… |
Tsurayuki