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- Kinyo Wakashu
Yorozuyo no tameshi to miyuru hana no iro o utsushitodomeyo shirakawa no mizu
Hold fast in your reflection the colors of these blossoms, which seem a model of ten thousand ages, O waters of the Shirakawa.
Kinyo Wakashu - Jōsaimon'in no Hyōe
Toshigoto ni sakisou yado no sakurabana nao yukusue no haru zo yukashiki
The cherry blossoms of this house bloom more abundantly every year; all the more do I long to see the springs that are yet to come.
Harugasumi tachikaerubeki sora zo naki hana no nioi ni kokoro tomarite
Like the spring haze rising, I have no mind to rise and go home, for my heart is held fast by the beauty of the blossoms.
Kinyo Wakashu - Retired Emperor Shirakawa
Shirakumo to ochi no takane ni mietsuru wa kokoro madowasu sakura nari keri
What I saw as white clouds on the distant high peaks were in fact the cherry blossoms that bewilder the heart.
Kinyo Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kinzane
Harugoto ni matsu no midori ni uzumorete kaze ni shirarenu hanazakura kana
Every spring, buried among the green of the pines, the cherry blossoms stay unknown to the wind.
Kono haru wa nodoka ni nioe sakurabana eda sashikawasu matsu no shirushi ni
This spring, cherry blossoms, bloom on in peace, by the blessing of the pines whose branches intertwine with yours.
Chiranu ma wa hana o tomo nite suginubeshi haru yori nochi no shiru hito mo gana
As long as the blossoms do not fall, I can pass my days with them as companions; but I wish I had a friend for the time after spring is over.
Shirakumo ni magau sakura no kozue nite chitose no haru o sora ni shiru kana
In the treetops of cherries that blur with the white clouds, I can read in the sky a spring that will last a thousand years.
Yorozuyo ni mirubeki hana no iro naredo kyō no nioi wa itsuka wasuremu
These are blossoms whose colors we may view for ten thousand ages, yet how could I ever forget their beauty as it shines today?
Kinyo Wakashu - Fujiwara no Akisuke
Shirakumo ni magau sakura o tazunu tote kakaranu yama no nakaritsuru kana
In searching for cherry blossoms that look just like white clouds, there was not a single mountain I did not set foot on.
Yoso nite wa iwa kosu taki to miyuru kana mine no sakura ya sakari naruramu
From afar it looks like a waterfall pouring over the rocks. Are the cherries on the peak at the height of their bloom?
Kyō kurenu asu mo kite mimu sakurabana kokoro shite fuke haru no yamakaze
Today has come to an end, and tomorrow too I will come to see the cherry blossoms; so blow with care, you mountain wind of spring.
Kagamiyama utsurou hana o miteshi yori omokage ni nomi tatanu hi zo naki
Ever since I saw the blossoms fading on Mirror Mountain, as if reflected in a mirror, not a day has passed without their image rising before my eyes.
Kinyo Wakashu - Minamoto no Nakamasa
Minetsuzuki niou sakura o shirube nite shiranu yamaji ni kakarinuru kana
Taking as my guide the cherries glowing along ridge after ridge, I have found myself on an unknown mountain path.
Kinyo Wakashu - Fujiwara no Tadamichi
Sakurabana sakinuru toki wa yoshinoyama tachi mo noboranu mine no shirakumo
When the cherry blossoms are in bloom, on Mount Yoshino there are white clouds on the peaks that never rise.
Kinyo Wakashu - Fujiwara no Akisue
Ono no e wa ko no moto nite ya kuchinamashi haru o kagiranu sakura nariseba
If the cherry blossoms were not limited to spring, would the handle of my axe have rotted away beneath the tree as I gazed on?