Composed on seeing cherry blossom unexpectedly at Ōmine.
もろともにあはれとおもへ山ざくらはなよりほかにしる人もなし
morotomo ni
aFare to omoFe
yamazakura
Fana yori Foka ni
siru Fito mo nasi | Won’t you as well
Feel kind,
O, mountain cherry?
For other than your blossom,
I have no acquaintances here at all… |
Archbishop Gyōson
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Composed on plum blossom.
わがやどの八重のこうばいさきにけりしるもしらぬもなべてとはなん
wa ga yado no
yae no kōbai
sakinikeri
shiru mo shiranu mo
nabete towanan | At my house
Eightfold scarlet plum
Has bloomed;
Acquaintances, and not,
All, equally, I would have you come to visit! |
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'Simply moving and elegant'
