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Miyoshino no yama ni irikemu yamabito to narimiteshigana hana ni aku ya to
I wish I could become like the mountain folk who went into the hills of Yoshino—to see whether one ever tires of the blossoms.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Miyoshino no yama ni komorishi yamabito ya hana o ba yado no mono ni miruramu
Do the mountain folk who live secluded in the hills of Yoshino look on the blossoms as if they were the flowers of their own homes?
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Oto ni kiku yoshino no sakura sakinikeri yama no fumoto ni kakaru shirakumo
The famous cherry blossoms of Yoshino have bloomed—white clouds seem to hang at the foot of the mountains.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Katsuragi ya takama no sakura nagamureba yū iru kumo ni harusame zo furu
As I gaze at the cherries of Takama on Mount Katsuragi, spring rain falls on the clouds that linger there at evening.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Ame furu to tachikakurureba yamazakura hana no shizuku ni sobochinuru kana
Since it was raining I took shelter under a mountain cherry—only to be soaked by the drops falling from its blossoms.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Kyō mo mata hana ni kurashitsu harusame no tsuyu no yadori o ware ni kasanamu
Again today I've spent the whole day among the blossoms—lend me, I pray, the shelter where the dew of the spring rain lodges.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Michi tōmi kyō koekurenu yamazakura hana no yadori o ware ni kasanamu
The road was so long that night fell before I could cross the mountain today—mountain cherry, lend me the shelter of your blossoms.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Toki no ma to omoite koshi o yamazato ni hana miru miru to nagai shinubeshi
I came thinking it would be only for a moment, but here in the mountain village, watching and watching the blossoms, I'm sure to stay far too long.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Sakurabana saki chiru mireba yamazato ni ware zo ōku no haru wa henikeru
Watching the cherry blossoms bloom and scatter here, I realize how many springs I have spent in this mountain village.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Hana o mimu to shi mo omowade koshi ware zo fukaki yamaji ni hikazu henikeru
I didn't come especially meaning to see the blossoms, yet here I am, having spent many days on these deep mountain paths.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Ima shi wa to omoishi hodo ni sakurabana chiru ko no moto ni hikazu henubeshi
Just as I thought it was time to leave, I find I'm likely to spend days on end beneath the trees where the cherry blossoms fall.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Ko no moto ni yadori wa subeshi sakurabana chiramaku oshimi tabi nara naku ni
I should take shelter beneath the trees, not because I am traveling, but because I cannot bear to see the cherry blossoms fall.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Ko no moto ni yadori o sureba katashiki no waga koromode ni hana wa chiritsutsu
When I take shelter beneath the trees, the blossoms keep falling on the single sleeve I spread to sleep alone.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Ko no moto no hana no shitabushi yogoro hete waga koromode ni tsuki zo narenuru
After nights of sleeping beneath the blossoms under the trees, the moonlight has grown quite familiar with my sleeve.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Tazunete mo tare ni ka towamu furusato no hana mo mukashi no aruji naraneba
Even if I come seeking, whom can I ask? At the old home, even the blossoms no longer belong to their master of old.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Sato wa arenu shiga no hanazono sonokami no mukashi no kimi ya koishikaruramu
The village has fallen to ruin—do the flower gardens of Shiga long for their lord of long ago?
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo