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Teika-kyō Hyakuban Jika Awase

Spring 9

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みよしのは花にうつろふ山なれば春さへみゆき故郷の空

miyoshino wa
hana ni utsurou
yama nareba
haru sae miyuki
furusato no sora		 When fair Yoshino is
Filled with fading flowers,
All across the mountain,
Still thick with spring snows are
The skies above my ancient home.

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櫻色の庭の春風跡もなしとはゞぞ人の雪とだに見ん

sakura iro no
niwa no haru kaze
ato mo nashi
towaba zo hito no
yuki to dani min		 Cherry blossom hued
My garden has the spring breeze stained,
With not a dint upon it,
Should someone come calling,
He would swear snow had fallen.

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Teika-kyō Hyakuban Jika Awase

Spring 8

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花の色をそれかとぞ思ふ乙女子が袖振山の春の曙

hana no iro o
sore ka to zo omou
otomego ga
sode furu yama no
haru no akebono		 The blossoms’ hue
Might be thought so:
Maidens,
Sleeves waving at Furu Mountain
At early dawn in spring.

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櫻がり霞の下に今日くれぬ一夜宿かせ春の山もり

sakuragari
kasumi no shita ni
kyô kurenu
hitoyo yado kase
haru no yamamori		 Hunting cherry
Beneath the blossoms’ haze
The day draws to a close;
Lend me lodging for a night,
O, sentry of the mounts in springtime!

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Teika-kyō Hyakuban Jika Awase

Spring 7

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櫻花咲にし日よりよしの山空もひとつにかほる白雲

sakurabana
sakinishi hi yori
yoshino yama
sora mo hitotsu ni
kaoru shirakumo		 The cherry blossom
Bloomed, and from that day
The mount of Yoshino and
The sky above were as one:
Fragrant clouds of white.

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霞立峰の櫻のあさぼらけくれなゐくゝる天の河浪

kasumitachi
mine no sakura no
asaborake
kurenai kukuru
ama no kawanami		 Veiled in haze
Cherries on the peak
At dawning:
Slipping through scarlet are
The whitecaps on the River of Heaven.

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Sanekata Shū

Sanekata Shū 98

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Around the Third month, I went hawking in Ōhara, and stopped on the way in a place where the cherry blossom was most beautiful; the following day I sent this to the Provisional Minor Captain.

きゞすなく大原山の櫻花かりにはあらでしばし見しかな

kigisu naku
oFoFarayama no
sakurabana
kari ni Fa arade
sibasi misi kana		 Pheasants cried
In the Ôhara hills of
Cherry blossom;
Abandoning my hunt,
I, for a while, was captivated.