Genji monogatari 15

咲きまじる色はいづれと分かねどもなほ常夏にしくものぞなき

sakimajiru
iro wa izure to
wakanedomo
nao tokonatsu ni
shiku mono zo naki

Between the blend of blossoming
Hues, there is
No telling, and yet
And yet, to the bedded pink
Here, nothing can compare!

Waka Poetry