Spring Blossom

Left (Tie)

としかはるのはなほことになりぬらししかのこまだらにゆきもけにけり

toshi kawaru no wa naho koto ni narinurashi shika no ko madara ni yuki mo kenikeri

With the changing of the year, The meadows, particularly, more different Seem to do be— Dappled as a fawn, The snow, too, vanishes away.

Tsurayuki
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Right

しらゆきのきえてみどりにかはるのはながれていろのうつらざらなむ

shirayuki no kiete midori ni kawaru no wa nagarete iro no utsurazaranamu

The snow, so white, Vanishes and to green shoots Do change the meadows, with Flowing meltwater—O, that hue I would not have fade away!

Tadamine
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