Sankashū I: 65

まがふいろに花さきぬればよしの山はるははれせぬみねのしら雲

magau iro ni
hana sakinureba
yoshinoyama
haru wa haresenu
mine no shirakumo

Mistaking the hues of
The blossom blooming, so
The Yoshino Mountains
Have no clear springtime at all,
With clouds of white on every peak.

Waka Poetry