Prince Motoyoshi lived with the daughter of Lord Kanemori, but she was summoned by the Cloistered Emperor and, while she was in service to him, he was unable to meet her, so at the beginning of the year in springtime, he took a branch of cherry blossom, and left it thrust through the doorway of her chamber.
花のいろはむかしながらにみし人の心のみこそうつろひにけれ
Fana no iro Fa The hues of this blossom are
Prince Motoyoshi
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On visiting the blossom.
はなをみん年もおもはでこし我ぞふかき山路に日数へにける
hana o min to shi mo omowade koshi ware zo fukaki yamaji ni hikazu henikeru To view the blossom
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For a folding screen painting of gazing at blossom at a mountain retreat.
時の間とおもひてこしを山ざとに花みるみるとながゐしぬべし
toki no ma to omoitekoshi o yamazato ni hana mirumiru to nagaishinubeshi But briefly
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Evening blossom on a mountain path.
道とほみけふこえくれば山ざくら花のやどりを我にかさなん
michi tōmi kyō koekureba yamazakura hana no yadori o ware ni kasanan Along distant roads
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Cherry blossom in the rain.
けふも又花にくらしつ春雨の露のやどりを我にかさなん
kyō mo mata hana ni kurashitsu harusame no tsuyu no yadori o ware ni kasanan Today once more
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Cherry blossom in the rain.
雨ふるとたちかくるれば山桜花のしづくにそほちぬるかな
ame furu to tachi kakurureba yamazakura hana no shizuku ni sōchinuru kana In the falling rain
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For a folding screen with Mount Yoshino painted on it.
みよしのの山にこもりし山人や花をばやどの物と見るらん
miyoshino no yama ni komorishi yamabito ya hana oba yado no mono to miruran Upon fair Yoshino
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Composed when I had held an archery entertainment, and made a model of Mount Yoshino, with a sage gazing at blossom upon it.
みよしのの山に入りけん山人となりみてしかな花にあくやと
miyoshino no yama ni iriken yamabito to nari miteshi kana hana ni aku ya to Into fair Yoshino’s
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Composed when I had held an archery entertainment, and made a model of Mount Yoshino, with a sage gazing at blossom upon it.
みよしのの山の山守花を見てながながし日をあかずも有るかな
miyoshino no yama no yamamori hana o mite naganagashi hi o akazu mo aru kana On fair Yoshino
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Plum-scented robes.
うめがかはわが衣手に匂ひきぬ花より過ぐる春の初かぜ
ume ga ka wa wa ga koromode ni nioikinu hana yori suguru haru no hatsukaze The fragrance of plum
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