Eikyū hyakushu 79

Scarlet Plum (紅梅)

くれなゐにさきかさなれる梅の花新羅にやりて何にならへん

kurenai ni
sakikasanareru
ume no hana
shiragi ni yarite
nani ni narahen

In scarlet
Sprays do bloom
Plum blossom:
Sent to Silla
To what might they compare?

Nakazane

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