Kanpyō no ōntoki kisai no miya uta’awase 5

Left

鶯はむべもなくらん花ざくら咲くとみしまにうつろひにけり

uguisu wa
mube mo nakuran
hanazakura
saku to mishi ma ni
utsuroinikeri
The bush warbler,
Indeed, does seem to sing among
The cherry blossoms, that
In the moment that I saw them bloom
Did quite fade away.

9

Right

はる霞たなびく野辺のわか菜にもなりみてしかな人もつむやと

harugasumi
tanabiku nobe no
wakana ni mo
narimiteshi kana
hito mo tsumu ya to
Spring haze
Drifting through the fields over
The new herbs
I would become—
For then she might pick me, perhaps…

Okikaze
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[1] Kokinshū XIX: 1031

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