Composed as a poem on blossom.
桜咲く比良の山風吹くままに花になりゆく志賀の浦浪
| sakura saku Fira no yamakaze Fuku mama ni Fana ni nariyuku siga no uranami |
Cherries flower on Hira Mountain while Breezes blow All turned to blossom are The waves on Shiga’s shore. |
Middle Captain of the Inner Palace Guards, Left Division, [Fujiwara no] Yoshitsune
左近中将良経
Composed on being told of someone being delayed by the blossom in the mountains.
斧の柯は木のもとにてや朽ちなまし春を限らぬ桜なりせば
| wono no e Fa ko no moto nite ya kutinamasi Faru o kagiranu sakura nariseba |
Would his axe handle Beneath the trees Rot away, I wonder, Were in seasons other than spring The cherries to bloom? |
Ōnakatomi no Kin’naga (1071-1138)
大中臣公長