Eikyū hyakushu 416

When Spring Arrives in the Old Year 旧年立春

一とせに春は二たび立ちぬれど老木の花はいかがさくべき

hitotose ni
haru wa futatabi
tachinuredo
oigi no hana wa
ikaga sakubeki

In a single year
Spring two times
Has come, yet
On an aged tree, blossom:
How can it bloom?

Nakazane

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