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- Manyoshu
Hito goto ni orikazashitsutsu asobedomo iya mezurashiki ume no hana kamo
Each of us breaks off sprays to wear in our hair and plays, yet these plum blossoms only grow more delightful the more we look.
Manyoshu - Nishi no Maro
Ume no hana sakite chirinaba sakurabana tsugite sakubeku nari ni te arazu ya
When the plum blossoms have bloomed and fallen, aren't the cherry blossoms ready to bloom in their turn?
Manyoshu - Chō no Fukushi
Yorozuyo ni toshi wa kifu tomo ume no hana tayuru koto naku sakiwataru beshi
Though years come and go for ten thousand ages, the plum blossoms will bloom on forever without fail.
Manyoshu - Saeki no Kobito
Haru nareba ube mo sakitaru ume no hana kimi o omou to yoi mo nenaku ni
Of course you have bloomed, plum blossoms, since it is spring; yet I, thinking of you, could not sleep at night.
Manyoshu - Itamochi no Yasumaro
Ume no hana orite kazaseru morobito wa kyō no aida wa tanoshiku aru beshi
All those wearing sprays of plum blossom in their hair will surely be happy for as long as this day lasts.
Manyoshu - Arashi no Inashiki
Toshi no ha ni haru no kitaraba kaku shi koso ume o kazashite tanoshiku nomame
Every year when spring comes, let us wear plum blossoms like this and drink merrily.
Manyoshu - Noshi no Sukunamaro
Ume no hana ima sakari nari momotori no koe no koishiki haru kitaru rashi
The plum blossoms are at their peak; it seems the spring has come, when we long to hear the voices of a hundred birds.
Manyoshu - Denshi no Umahito
Haru saraba awamu to omoishi ume no hana kyō no asobi ni aimitsuru kamo
Plum blossoms I had hoped to meet when spring arrived, I have met you at today's festivities.
Manyoshu - Kōshi no Gitsū
Ume no hana taori kazashite asobedomo akidaranu hi wa kyō ni shi ari keri
We break off plum blossoms and wear them as we play, yet the day we can never have enough of turns out to be today.
Manyoshu - Kishi no Norimaro
Haru no no ni naku ya uguisu natsukemu to wagae no sono ni ume ga hana saku
To win over the warbler that sings in the spring fields, the plum blossoms are blooming in my garden.
Manyoshu - Shishi no Ōmichi
Ume no hana chirimagaitaru okabi ni wa uguisu naku mo haru katamakete
Along the hillside where plum petals fall in a whirling tangle, the warbler is singing, for spring has come.
Manyoshu - Kashi no Hachimaro
Haru no no ni kiri tachiwatari furu yuki to hito no miru made ume no hana chiru
Over the spring fields the mist rises everywhere, and the plum blossoms fall so thickly that people take them for snow.
Manyoshu - Denshi no Magami
Haruyanagi kazura ni orishi ume no hana tare ka ukabeshi sakazuki no e ni
Who has floated on the wine cup the plum blossoms we broke off to make garlands with the spring willow?
Manyoshu - Sonshi no Ochikata
Uguisu no oto kiku nae ni ume no hana wagie no sono ni sakite chiru miyu
Even as I listen to the warbler's song, I see the plum blossoms in my garden bloom and fall.
Manyoshu - Kōshi no Oyu
Wa ga yado no ume no shizue ni asobitsutsu uguisu naku mo chiramaku oshimi
Playing among the lower branches of the plum in my garden, the warbler sings, grieving that the blossoms will fall.
Manyoshu - Kōshi no Ama
Ume no hana orikazashitsutsu morobito no asobu o mireba miyako shi zo omou
Watching everyone at play with plum blossoms in their hair, it is the capital that comes to my mind.
Manyoshu - Haji no Mimichi