On the same conception [blossom, when he presented a hundred poem sequence].

身にかへておもふもくるしさくら花さかぬみ山にやどもとめてむ

mi ni kaete omou mo kurushi sakurabana sakanu miyama ni yado mo tometemu

It will cost my life, So painful to think of Cherry blossom Not yet in bloom deep within the mountains Where my lodging is to be.

Monk Nyogan