Blossom not yet in Bloom (未発花)
はなとみてたづねきつれば吉野山人ばかりなるみねの白雲
hana tomite
tazunekitsureba
yoshino yama
hito bakari naru
mine no shirakumo | The blossoms riches
Have I come to visit, so
Yoshino Mountain
Is filled with folk among
The cloud-capped peaks. |
Daishin
Blossom not yet in Bloom (未発花)
さかぬよりかねてぞいとふ花の木のえだ吹きをるな春の山風
sakanu yori
kanete zo itou
hana no ki no
eda fukioru na
haru no yamakaze | They have not bloomed, so
Yet will they console me.
Trees’ blossom bearing
Branches break not with your blowing,
O, springtime mountain breezes! |
Kanemasa
Blossom not yet in Bloom (未発花)
おぼつかなぬひのとぢめやまたからんまたほころびぬ山桜かな
obotsukana
nui no tojime ya
mata karan
mata hokorobinu
yamazakura kana | How strange!
Has the sewing stopped?
Once more cut out;
Once more unpicked, are
The mountain cherries! |
Tadafusa
Blossom not yet in Bloom (未発花)
めぐむよりけしきことなる花なればかねてもえだのなつかしきかな
megumu yori
keshiki kotonaru
hana nareba
kanete no eda no
natsukashiki kana | Blessings give
The scene such singular
Blossoms, that
Ever of these boughs
Will I be fond! |
Toshiyori
Blossom not yet in Bloom (未発花)
春くれど野べのかすみにつつまれて花のゑまひの口びるもみず
haru kuredo
nobe no kasumi ni
tsutsumarete
hana no emai no
kuchibiru mo mizu | Spring has come, yet
The meadows with haze
Are bound, and
The blossoms’ smiling
Lips I cannot see… |
Nakazane
Blossom not yet in Bloom (未発花)
しら雪とみゆはかりさけ山桜さらば入日にまがひしもせじ
shirayuki to
miyu bakari sake
yamazakura
saraba irihi ni
magaishimoseji | As white snow
Simply seem and bloom,
O, mountain cherry!
Then with the sunset sun
Will you not be entangled… |
Akinaka
'Simply moving and elegant'