Composed on ayame (sweet flags) for the Fifth Day of the Fifth Month.
けふかくる袂に根ざせ菖蒲草憂は我身にありと志らずや
| keFu kakuru tamoto ni ne zase ayamegusa uki Fa wa ga mi ni ari to sirazu ya |
Today, we hang you up, so In my sleeve take root, O Sweet flags! My body is a thing of clay, Don’t you know? |
The Monk Dōin