Eikyū hyakushu 76

Blossom not yet in Bloom (未発花)

何ゆゑか春をばまたで山ざくら心もとなくにほふはなかな

nani yue ka
haru oba matade
yamazakura
kokoromotonaku
niou hana kana

Why is it that for
Spring you have not waited,
O, mountain cherry?
Uneasily
The blossoms gleam…

Higo

Waka Poetry