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梅の香を櫻の花ににほはせて柳がえだにさかせてしがな
| mume no ka wo sakura no Fana ni niFoFasete yanagi ga eda ni sakasetesi gana |
The scent of plum From cherry blossoms Wafting a perfumed glow, On willow branches I would set them to bloom. |
Nakahara no Munetoki (960-1011)
After Sukenobu’s Mother died, Atsutada often visited the house; when the cherry blossoms were falling, he was beneath a tree, when someone from the house said:
今よりは風にまかせむ櫻花散るこのもとに君とまりけり
| ima yori Fa kaze ni makasemu sakurabana tiru ko no moto ni kimi tomarikeri |
From this point on It rests with the wind; Cherry blossoms Fall yet, beneath the tree, with his son My Lord has remained. |
Anonymous
When going to a place far distant from his home, he garlanded some cherry blossoms from his garden.
さくら花主をわすれぬ物ならば吹き來む風に事づてはせよ
| sakurabana nusi wo wasurenu mono naraba Fukikomu kaze ni kotodute Fa seyo |
O, cherry blossoms, Do not forget your master; If such you are, then With the gusting wind, Send me a word. |
The Minister of the Right, Sugawara [no Michizane] (845-903)
菅原道真
On the occasion of a Ne no bi celebration by His Majesty, Retired Emperor Suzaku (923-952; r. 930-946), being unwell and unable to attend, he sent Lord [Minamoto no] Nobumitsu (923-998) this poem.
松もなき若菜もつまず成ぬるを何時しか櫻はやも咲かなむ
| matu mo naki wakana mo tumazu narinuru wo itusika sakura Faya mo sakanamu |
Not a pine Nor a young shoot have I plucked That’s all that’s come of today; How I wish the cherries Would bloom more quickly! |
The Minister of the Left [Fujiwara no Saneyori (900-970)]
Composed looking at a cherry tree, blooming in the Fourth Month.
あはれてふ事をあまたにやらじとや春におくれてひとりさくらむ
| aFare teFu koto wo amata ni yarazi to ya Faru ni wokurete Fitori sakuran |
‘How moving!’ Should those oft repeated words Not go to the others? Left behind by Spring, This single blooming cherry. |
Ki no Toshisada