A poem composed by Emperor Ingyō after spending the night with Princess Sotōri.
波那具波辞 佐区羅能梅涅 許等梅涅麼 波椰区波梅涅孺 和我梅豆留古羅
| hana guwashi sakura no mede koto medeba hayaku wa medezu wa ga mezuru kora | So fair the bloom, I love the cherry blossom, and Just the same do I love her—sad—that Earlier I did not love her That girl I love now. |
Bird Cherry Blossom
Left
はるがすみたちみつをみてにはかにはさくらのはなとおもひけるかな
| harugasumi tachimitsu o mite niwaka ni wa sakura no hana to omoikeru kana | The spring mists Rising to fill all, I saw, and Suddenly, of Cherry blossom Did I think! |
Tsurayuki
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Right (Win)
はるかにはさくらのはなとみゆれどもいりてのそきはひろくぞありける
| haruka ni wa sakura no hana to miyuredomo irite no soki wa hiroku zo arikeru | From afar, as Cherry blossom Did they appear, yet Travelling there, the distance is Broad, indeed! |
Tadamine
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Composed for Her Majesty, to say that this year, she had the liberty to bond with the blossoms.
しらくもにまがふさくらのこずゑにてちとせの春をそらにしるかな
| sirakumo ni magaFu sakura no kodue nite titose no Faru wo sora ni siru kana | The clouds, so white Blend with the cherry blossom Treetops— Are a thousand years of springtimes Known in the skies, I wonder! |
Chūnagon, in service to Empress Taikenmon’in
待賢門院中納言
On a folding screen for the coming-of-age ceremony of the Empress.
春ふかくなりぬと思ふをさくら花ちるこのもとはまだ雪ぞふる
| Faru Fukaku narinu to omoFu wo sakurabana tiru ko no moto Fa mada yuki zo Furu | Deep, indeed, has spring Become, I feel, when Cherry blossom Scatters around the feet of the trees, so Snow is still a’falling! |
Tsurayuki
When he was instructed by His Majesty to compose a poem, he composed this and presented it.
桜花さきにけらしもあしひきの山の峡よりみゆる白雲
| sakurabana sakinikerashi mo asiFiki no yama no kaFi yori miyuru sirakumo | The cherry blossom Seems to have bloomed, and from The leg-wearying Mountain passes Appears white billowing clouds. |
Tsurayuki