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浅みどり野辺の霞はつつめどもこぼれて匂ふはな桜かな

asamidori nobe no kasumi wa tsutsumedomo koborete niou hanazakura kana

The pale green Meadows with haze Are wrapped, yet Overflowing is the scent Of cherry blossoms.

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春たたば花をみむてふ心こそ野辺の霞とともにたちぬれ

haru tataba hana o mimu chō kokoro koso nobe no kasumi to tomo ni tachinure

If spring should appear To view the blossoms is the wish Within my heart— With the haze upon the meadows Together it arises.

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[1] This poem appears in Shūishū (I: 40), with the headnote, ‘From the Man’yōshū of Lord Suga[wara no Michizane]’. Also Shinsen man’yōshū I: 5 and Kokin rokujō V: 3514 ‘Green’.