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Summer 15

Left.

櫻色の袖もひとへにかはるまでうつりにけりな過る月日は

sakura iro no
sode mo hitoe ni
kawaru made
utsurinikeri na
suguru tsukihi wa
Cherry-coloured
Sleeves for single-fold
Garb are changed;
All already faded,
With the passing months and days…

29

Right (Win)

ふみしだく安積の沼の夏草にかつみだれそふしのぶもぢずり

fumishidaku
asaka no numa no
natsukusa ni
katsumidare sou
shinobu mojizuri
Crushed beneath my feet
At the marsh of Asaka
In the summer grasses
A confusion of irises
Longingly imprint their pattern.

30

Spring 14

Left (Tie).

網代木に櫻こませば行春のいさよふ浪をえやはとゞむる

ajirogi ni
sakura komaseba
yuku haru no
isayou nami o
e ya wa todomuru
Can stakes of fish traps,
Mixed with cherry petals,
Departing spring’s
Impeded waves
Bring to a halt, perhaps?

27

Right

あはれいかに霞も花もなれなれて雲しく谷に歸る鶯

aware ika ni
kasumi mo hana mo
narenarete
kumo shiku tani ni
kaeru uguisu
O, however much
The hazes and the blossoms
We have come to love,
To the cloud-strewn valleys
The warbler does return.

28

ki no ha chiru

On the leaves on the trees: thinking to see the autumn leaves on the cherry trees at the end of autumn, he went deep into Yoshino; on resting on his cane a moment, feet hurting in his straw sandals:

木の葉散桜は輕し檜木笠

ki no ha chiru
sakura wa karushi
hinoki gasa
All the leaves have fallen and
The cherries seem insubstantial
As my cypress umbrella.

(1684)

SKKS VIII: 763

A certain person planted some cherry trees and then died in the Fourth Month of that year; on seeing them blooming for the first time the following year:

花見んとうへけん人もなきやどのさくらはこぞの春ぞさかまし

hana min to
ueken hito mo
naki yado no
sakura wa kozo no
haru zo sakamashi
To see the blossoms,
Planting, you
From home are gone;
Had the cherries come last
Spring, oh, how much better…

Ōe no Yoshitoki (d.?1010)