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SSIS II: 123

On the same conception [blossom, when he presented a hundred poem sequence].

身にかへておもふもくるしさくら花さかぬみ山にやどもとめてむ

mi ni kaete
omou mo kurushi
sakurabana
sakanu miyama ni
yado mo tometemu
It will cost my life,
So painful to think of
Cherry blossom
Not yet in bloom deep within the mountains
Where my lodging is to be.

Monk Nyogan

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
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