Sankashū I: 111

吉野山みねなる花はいづかたのたににかわきてちりつもるらん

yoshinoyama
mine naru hana wa
izukata no
tani ni ka wakite
chiritsumoruran

In the Yoshino Mountains,
The blossoms on the peaks:
In which of the many
Valleys might they choose
To drift and scatter?

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Waka Poetry