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GSIS II: 115

Composed on fallen flowers on a mountain path.

櫻花道みえぬ迄ちりにけりいかゞはすべき志賀の山ごえ

sakurabana
miti mienu made
tirinikeri
ikaga Fa subeki
siga no yamagoe
Cherry blossoms
Hide the way
So many have fallen;
What am I to do,
On the path across the Shiga Mountains?

Tachibana no Narimoto
橘成元