皆人の老いを忘るといふ菊は百年をやる花にそありける
mina Fito no
oi wo wasuru to
iFu kiku Fa
momotose wo yaru
Fana ni zo arikeru |
Everyone,
Their age will forget, they
Say: for chrysanthemums
A hundred years gift
Have in their blooms! |
百年を人に留むる玉なればあだにやは見る菊の上の露
momotose wo
Fito ni todomuru
tama nareba
ada ni ya Fa miru
kiku no uFe no tuyu |
A century
For folk is halted
By these gems, so
Can I look lightly on
Dewdrops upon chrysanthemums? |
Ki no Tsurayuki
紀貫之
'Simply moving and elegant'