Topic unknown.
山吹の花色衣ぬしやたれとへどこたへずくちなしにして
yamabuki no
Fanairogoromo
nusi ya tare
toFedo kotaFezu
kutinasi ni site |
Globeflower
Yellow, this robe:
Who owns you, I wonder?
I ask, but get no reply,
For mouthless with gardenia are you dyed. |
The Monk Sosei
素性法師
Topic unknown.
春雨ににほへる色もあかなくにかさへなつかし山吹の花
Farusame ni
niFoeru iro mo
akanakuni
ka saFe natukasi
yamabuki no Fana |
In the spring rain
The colours shine so;
I cannot get my fill
Even the scent enchants:
Of these globeflowers. |
Anonymous.
'Simply moving and elegant'