When [his father] was going down to Noto, people came to see them off and he composed this poem.
とまるべき道にはあらずなかなかに會はでぞ今日はあるべかりける
| tomarubeki miti ni Fa arazu nakanaka ni aFade zo keFu Fa arubekarikeru |
To halt at all On this path is not done Far better Not to have met at all today I’d say. |
Minamoto no Michinari
Composed for a folding screen picture, showing regret for the falling cherry blossoms.
山里に散り果てぬべき花故に誰とはなくて人ぞまたるゝ
| yamazato ni tiriFatenubeki Fana yuFe ni tare to Fa nakute Fito zo mataruru |
About this mountain dwelling Have fallen all, it seems, Of the blossoms, so Somehow, I am awaiting one who must come. |
Minamoto no Michinari (d. 1019)