Composed as a poem on blossom.
散る花を身にかふ計おもへども叶はで年の老いにける哉
| tiru Fana wo mi ni kaFu bakari omoFedomo kanaFade tosi no oinikeru kana |
The scattering blossom For myself to exchange, is my only Thought, but It does nothing and with every year I grow a little older! |
The Monk Dōin