Fallen blossom by a lake.
山かぜのさくら吹きまきちる花のみだれてみゆるしがのうらなみ
yamakaze no
sakura fukimaki
chiru hana no
midarete miyuru
shiga no uranami | The mountain wind’s
Gusts, scattering cherry blossom round,
Strewn petals
In seeming confusion
Upon the waves on Shiga’s shore. |
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Composed on blossom fallen on the water.
はなさそふあらしやみねをわたるらんさくらなみよるたにがはのみづ
Fana sasoFu
arasi ya mine wo
wataruran
sakuranami yoru
tanigaFa no midu | Enticing the blossom
Is it the storm wind upon the peak
That passes o’er
The cherry waves breaking
In the waters of a valley stream? |
Lord Minamoto no Masakane
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'Simply moving and elegant'
