Sankashū I: 76

はなにそむこころのいかでのこりけんすてはててきと思ふ我が身に

hana ni somu
kokoro no ikade
nokoriken
sutehateteki to
omou wagami ni

Attachment to the blossom—
Why does it within my heart
Seem to linger so?
When I had abandoned all,
Or so I thought…

Waka Poetry