散りのこるきしの山吹春ふかみこの一枝をあはれといはなん
chirinokoru
kishi no yamabuki
haru fukami
kono hito eda o
aware to iwanan | A scattered remnant of
Kerria from the bank
In the depths of spring, that
This single stem arouses
Pity, I would have you say. |
A chrysanthemum from the barrier at Meeting Hill.
この花は尽きぬらし関川のたえずも見よと折れる菊の枝
kono Fana Fa
tukinurasi
sekikaFa no
taezu mo miyo to
woreru kiku no e |
These flowers
Do never seem to end, as
The river past the barrier gate
Endless appears to flow, so too is
A plucked chrysanthemum stem. |
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'Simply moving and elegant'
