桜ばなさける山路や遠からん過ぎがてにのみ春のくれぬる
sakurabana
sakeru yamaji ya
tōkaran
sugigate ni nomi
haru no kurenuru | The cherry blossom
Has bloomed along the mountain paths—
Are they so very distant?
With only dragging feet
Does spring pass into dusk. |
Created with Soan.
さけばかつうつろふやまの桜ばな花のあたりに風なふきそも
sakeba katsu
utsurou yama no
sakurabana
hana no atari ni
kaze na fuki so mo | Blooming, so at long last
Shining on the mountain are
The cherry blossoms;
Around the blooms
O, wind, don’t you blow! |
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Composed on fallen blossom.
春ふかみあらしの山の桜ばなさくと見し間に散りにけるかな
haru fukami
arashi no yama no
sakurabana
saku to mishi ma ni
chirinikeru kana | In the depths of spring
Storms winds come to Arashi Mountain’s
Cherry blossom:
The moment that I saw them bloom
Had they scattered! |
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Regrets on the blossom at an ancient estate.
ことしさへとはれでくれぬ桜ばな春もむなしき名にこそ有りけれ
kotoshi sae
towarede kurenu
sakurabana
haru mo munashiki
na ni koso arikere | This year, indeed,
Unvisited, have ended
The cherry blossoms—
A spring so brief
‘Twas so in name alone! |
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Fallen blossom at a spot famous for it.
さくらばなうつろふ時はみよし野の山した風に雪ぞ降りける
sakurabana
utsurou toki wa
miyoshino no
yamashita kaze ni
yuki zo furikeru | When the cherry blossom
Fades from
Fair Yoshino,
Below the mountain, the breeze
Is filled with falling snow! |
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Composed on the wind in springtime.
さくらばな咲きてむなしく散りにけりよしのの山はただ春の風
sakurabana
sakite munashiku
chirinikeri
yoshino no yama wa
yoshi haru no kaze | The cherry blossom
Briefly blooms, then
Is scattered;
In the mountains of Yoshino
All that’s left is the spring breezes… |
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さくらばなちりかひかすむ春のよのおぼろ月よのかもの河風
sakurabana
chiri kaikasumu
haru no yo no
oborozukiyo no
kamo no kawakaze | Cherry blossom
Scattering, is hazily blended
On this spring night
With the misty moon
By the breeze upon the Kamo River. |
行く水に風のふきいるる桜花ながれてきえぬあわかとぞ見る
yuku mizu ni
kaze no fuki’iruru
sakurabana
nagarete kienu
awa ka to zo miru | Into the rushing waters
The wind has blown
Cherry blossom
Flowing as imperishable
Foam does it appear. |
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滝のうへのみふねのやまの山桜かげにうきてぞ花も散りける
taki no ue no
mifune no yama no
sakurabana
kage ni ukite zo
hana mo chirikeru | Upon the waterfall
On Mifune Mountain
Cherry blossoms’
Shapes are floating as
The petals scatter. |
Created with Soan.
さくらばなさくとみし間に散りにけり夢かうつつか春の山風
sakurabana
saku to mishi ma ni
chirinikeri
yume ka utsutsu ka
haru no yamakaze | The cherry blossom
Had but bloomed before my eyes, when
They scattered—
Was it a dream, or reality:
That spring breeze from the mountains? |
'Simply moving and elegant'
