When I heard a warbler singing while gazing at the blossom on a spring dawn
花の色や声にそむらん鶯のなくねことなる春のあけぼの
hana no iro ya koe ni somuran uguisu no naku ne kotonaru haru no akebono The blossoms’ hue Seems to infuse his song— The warbler’s Cry is rare, indeed, At the dawn in springtime…
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たぐひなきはなをしえだにさかすれば桜にならぶ木ぞなかりける
tagui naki hana o shi eda ni sakasureba sakura ni narabu ki zo nakarikeru When incomparable The blossoms on the branch Do bloom, then Matching the cherries Are there no other trees at all!
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尋入るはるの哀も深き夜の花に霞めるみよし野の月
tazune’iru haru no aware mo fukaki yo no hana ni kasumeru miyoshino no tsuki Struck am I By fondness for spring, Deep within the night, when Hazed by the blossoms is The moon o’er fair Yoshino…
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Waiting for blossom.
いまさらに春をわするる花もあらじやすくまちつつけふもくらさん
ima sara ni haru o wasururu hana mo araji yasuku machitsutsu kyō mo kurasan Now, after all, Forgetful of the springtime Blossoms are there none, perhaps, so Calmly, ever waiting, Let us spend today.
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Forgetting, waiting for blossom.
まつによりちらぬこころをやまざくらさきなば花のおもひしらなん
matsu ni yori chiranu kokoro o yamazakura sakinaba hana no omoishiranan Since I have waited, With a faithful heart, O, mountain cherries, When you have bloomed, let your blossoms Truly feel the same…
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Warbler [uguFisu ]
心から花のしづくにそほちつつうくひずとのみ鳥のなくらむ
kokoro kara Fana no siduku ni soFotitutuuku Fizu to nomi tori no nakuramu Even his heart By droplets from the blossoms Is ever drenched: Sadly simply never dry, Does the bird seem to cry…
Lord Fujiwara no Toshiyuki
Topic unknown.
さくらいろに衣はふかくそめてきむ花のちりなむのちのかたみに
sakura iro ni koromo Fa Fukaku sometekimu Fana no tirinamu noti no katami ni With cherries’ hues Our robes let us deeply Dye and put on! Of the blossoms’ scattering A later keepsake they will be…
Ki no Aritomo
あそぶいとの春のはやしにただよふは花のにしきやはつれゆくらん
asobu ito no haru no hayashi ni tadayou wa hana no nishiki ya tsureyukuran The heat haze o’er The springtime woods A’drifting, Does it the blossoms’ brocade Take with it, I wonder?
Akihiro
In the spring of Kenryaku 2 [1212] when there had been a match of Cathay-style poetry at the palace, he composed this on the topic of ‘a spring dawn at a dwelling in the mountains’.
月かげのこずゑにのこる山のはに花もかすめるはるのあけぼの
tsukikage no kozue ni nokoru yama no ha ni hana mo kasumeru haru no akebono The moonlight Lingers ‘pon the treetops On the mountains’ edge; The blossoms are all hazy At the dawn in sprintime.
The Rokujō Lay Priest and Former Chancellor [Fujiwara no Yorizane 藤原頼実 (1155-1225)]
Spring Showers
Left (Win)
をやみなくふらばふらなむはるさめはのにもやまにもはなのさくまで
oyaminaku furuba furanamu harusame wa no ni mo yama ni mo hana no saku made If endlessly They are to fall, then let them! Spring showers Upon the plains and mountains, both, Until the blossoms bloom…
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はるさめのふりそめしよりのもやまもあさみどりにぞみえわたりける
harusame no furisomeshi yori no mo yama mo asamidori ni zo miewatarikeru Since spring showers Began to fall Upon both plains and mountains Pale green has Appeared all over!
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