Sankashū I: 71

ひきかへてはなみる春はよるはなく月見るあきはひるなからなん

hikikaete
hana miru haru wa
yoru wa naku
tsuki miru aki wa
hiru nakaran

Opposites they are:
In blossom-gazing spring
I would there were no night, and
In moon-gazing autumn
That there were no day.

Waka Poetry