On the last day of the Third Month.
いのちあらばまたもあひみむ春なれどしのびがたくてくらしつるかな
inochi araba
mata mo aimimu
haru naredo
shinobigatakute
kurashitsuru kana | If I live
I might once more encounter
The springtime, yet
How hard that is to recall
Amid the dark! |
Minister of Central Affairs, Prince Tomohira
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物思ふといはぬばかりは忍ぶともいかがはすべき袖の雫を
mono’omou to
iwanu bakari wa
shinobur tomo
ikaga wa subeki
sode no shizuku o | That I am sunk in thought
I simply do not say;
I keep it hidden, yet
What am I to do about
The droplets on my sleeves? |
Akinaka, Head of the Department of Shinto
'Simply moving and elegant'
