寄りてこそそれかとも見めたそかれにほのぼの見つる花の夕顔
yorite koso
sore ka to mo mime
tasokare ni
Fonobono mitsuru
Fana no yuFugaFo |
Indeed!
I also wonder what I’ve glimpsed
In the twilight
Seen so faintly
Is a moonflower blossom… |
朝顔の朝露置きて咲くと言へど夕顔にこそ匂ひましけれ
asagao no
asatsuyu okite
saku to iedo
yūgao ni koso
nioimashikere |
Upon the morning glory
Drops the morning dew;
It blooms, they say, yet
It is the moonflower
I would rather scent… |
'Simply moving and elegant'