Pear Blossom
春立てばいづこともなしのはな りぬわかなつむべくなりぞしにける
haru tateba izuko tomo nashi no hana rinu wakana tsumubeku nari zo shininkeru When the springtime comes,
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This poem is an acrostic, with ‘pear blossom’ (nashi no hana ) contained within nashi no hanarinu .
Taiwan Cherry
あづさゆみ春の山べにけぶりたちもゆともみえぬひざくらのはな
azusayumi A catalpa bow:
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The Japanese name for this breed of cherry is hizakura (‘fire cherry’)—hence the imagery used in the poem.
[i] This poem is included in Kokin rokujō (4234), attributed to Ōchikōchi no Mitsune with the headnote ‘Taiwan Cherry’.
真砂ちる吹上の浜のあかぬ色を都の春とおもはましかは
masago chiru Fair sands scatter
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おきつ風夕波たかく吹上の浜ぢやすらふ春の舟人
oki tsu kaze In the breeze from the offing
167
これも又花かあらぬか浦風の吹上にたてる春の白雲
kore mo mata These, too, again
162
あさ霞花かあらぬか春風の吹上の浜に波や立つらん
asagasumi In the morning haze
160
雲のゐるよし野のたけに降る雪のつもりつもりて春に会ひにけり
kumo no iru yoshino no take ni furu yuki no tsumoritsumorite haru ni ainikeri Upon the cloud-capped
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Love
From among my Love poems
春ふかみ峰のあらしに散る花のさだめなきよに恋つつぞふる
haru fukami mine no arashi ni chiru hana no sadamenaki yo ni koitsutsu zo furu Deep in springtime
408
はかなくて今夜あけなば行く年のおもひでもなき春にやあはなん
hakanakute koyoi akenaba yuku toshi no omoide mo naki haru ni ya awanan So briefly
404
In the Twelfth Month of Kempō 5 [January 1218], I stayed at a monk’s cell at the Eifukuji on account of a directional taboo. When I returned home the following morning, I left behind a jacket
春まちてかすみの袖にかさねよと霜のころものおきてこそゆけ
haru machite kasumi no sode ni kasaneyo to shimo no koromo no okite koso yuke Awaiting the springtime,
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