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ちる花をなにかうら見む世中にわが身もともにあらむものか
tiru Fana wo
nani uramimu
yo no naka ni
wa ga mi mo tomo ni
aramu mono ka | Why, the scattered blossom
Should I despise?
For in this mundane world
Will I, too, with it
Endure? |
Anonymous
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駒並めていざ見にゆかむ古里は雪とのみこそ花はちるらめ
koma namete
iza mi ni yukamu
Furusato Fa
yuki to nomi koso
Fana Fa tirurame | Line up our mounts, and
Let’s go to see
An ancient estate with
A blizzard of
Blossom, scattered all around! |
Anonymous
Composed on the song of the bush warbler.
木伝へばをのが羽風にちる花をたれに負ほせてここらなくらん
kozutaeba
wono ga Fakaze ni
tiru Fana wo
tare ni oFosete
kokora nakuran | When from branch to branch he goes,
His wingbeats
Scatter blossom, but
Who is it that’s to blame?
Endlessly he seems to cry. |
Sosei
A poem from a poetry competition held by Her Majesty, the Empress, during the Kanpyō period.
霞立春の山辺はとをけれど吹くる風は花の香ぞする
kasumi tatu
Faru no yamabe Fa
towokeredo
Fukikuru kaze Fa
Fana no ka zo suru | Hazes rise
Round the mountains’ sides,
So far away, and yet
The gusting breeze comes
Bearing the scent of blossom. |
Ariwara no Motokata
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Composed on plum blossom blooming by the water’s edge.
年をへて花のかがみとなる水は散りかかるをや曇るといふ覧
tosi wo Fete
Fana no kagami to
naru midu Fa
tirikakaru wo ya
kumoru to iFuran | As the year draws on
The blossom mirroring
Waters
With scattered petals
Will be clouded, one might say? |
Ise
Summer Garb (夏衣)
いつしかと花のたもとをぬぎかへてうすき衣のうらめしきかな
itsushika to
hana no tamoto o
nugikaete
usuki koromo no
urameshiki kana | Suddenly,
Blossom laden sleeves have
I removed and changed for
Gossamer garb –
How I do despise it! |
Daishin
Composed on returning geese.
はるかすみたつを見すててゆくかりは花なきさとにすみやならへる
Faru kasumi
tatu wo misutete
yuku kari Fa
Fana naki sato ni
sumi ya naraeru | Spring hazes
Rising do they ignore –
Are the departing geese
In dwellings without blossom
Accustomed to reside? |
Ise
伊勢
The Iwashimizu Special Festival (石清水臨時祭)
をとこ山みねのさくらにもろ人のかざしの花をたぐへてぞみる
otokoyama
mine no sakura ni
morobito no
kazashi no hana o
taguete zo miru | Upon Man-Mountain’s
Peak, cherries
All the many folk
Adorn with blossom
All aligned, I see. |
Kanemasa
The Iwashimizu Special Festival (石清水臨時祭)
男山かざしの花も春なればをみのころももかはるけふかな
otokoyama
kazashi no hana mo
haru nareba
omi no koromo mo
kawaru kyō kana | When Man-Mountain is
Decked with blossom
In springtime,
Festive garb, too, is
Donned today! |
Nakazane
Spring Sun
花もまたにほはずみゆる山ざとに春の日ぐらしながめをぞする
hana mo mata
niowazu miyuru
yamazato ni
haru no higurashi
nagame o zo suru | The blossom has yet
To scent, it seems,
My mountain dwelling;
With the sunset in springtime
Do I gaze upon it. |
Higo
'Simply moving and elegant'
