おもひやるたかねのくものはなならばちらぬなぬかははれじとぞ思ふ
| omoiyaru takane no kumo no hana naraba chiranu nanuka wa hareji to zo omou | Wondering If the clouds upon the high peaks Are blossom, if so For the seven days they scatter not They’ll not clear away at all…[i] |
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[i] It was a long-standing belief that blossom lasted for seven days before it scattered. See: 吾去者 七日不過 竜田彦 勤此花乎 風尓莫落
| wa ga yuki wa nanuka wa sugiji tatsutahiko yume kono hana o kaze ni na chirashi | My journey Will not pass seven days, so O, Tatsutahiko, I beg you these blossoms Do not scatter with your winds! |
Takahashi no Mushimaro Kashū
Man’yōshū IX: 1748