いかで我このよのほかのおもひいでにかぜをいとはで花をながめん
ikade ware
kono yo no hoka no
omoi’ide ni
kaze o itowade
hana o nagamen | Should I do something
In this world for the next
A memory to make?
I’ll not weary of the wind, but
Gaze upon the blossom. |
108
On viewing blossom after growing old.
おもひいでになにをかせましこの春の花まちつけぬ我が身なりせば
omoi’ide ni
nani o ka semashi
kono haru no
hana machitsukenu
wagami nariseba | As a memory
What should I take,
If this spring
Unable to wait for the blossom
Were my sorry self? |
93
'Simply moving and elegant'
