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- Kinkaishu
Tazune miru kai wa makoto ni ausaka no sekiji ni niou hana ni zo arikeru
It was truly worth coming to see—for the blossoms glowing along the road to the Ōsaka Barrier, where one meets.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Na ni shi owaba iza tazunemimu ausaka no sekiji ni niou hana wa ari ya to
If you truly bear the name of "meeting," then let me go and see, Ōsaka—are there blossoms glowing along your barrier road?
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Ausaka no arashi no kaze ni chiru hana o shibashi todomuru sekimori zo naki
At Ōsaka the blossoms scatter in the stormy wind—and there is no barrier guard to hold them back even for a while.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Ausaka no seki no sekiya no itabisashi mabara nareba ya hana no moruramu
The plank eaves of the guardhouse at the Ōsaka Barrier must be full of gaps—that must be why the blossoms slip through.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Sakinikeri nagara no yama no sakurabana kaze ni shirarede chiri mo suginamu
The cherries on Mount Nagara have come into bloom—may they live out their time and fall without the wind ever finding out.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Kokoro uki kaze ni mo aru kana sakurabana saku hodo mo naku chirinuberanari
What a heartless wind it is! The cherry blossoms have barely opened, and already they seem about to fall.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Yukite mimu to omoishi hodo ni chirinikeri ayana no hana ya kaze tatanu ma ni
While I was still thinking of going to see them, they scattered—how senseless you are, blossoms, falling before the wind had even risen.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Sakurabana saku to mishi ma ni chirinikeri yume ka utsutsu ka haru no yamakaze
I had barely seen the cherry blossoms bloom when they scattered—was it a dream, or was it real, O mountain wind of spring?
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Haru kuredo hito mo susamenu yamazakura kaze no tayori ni ware nomi zo tou
Though spring has come, no one cares for the mountain cherry—only I, guided by word from the wind, come to visit it.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Yamazakura chiraba chiranamu oshige nami yoshi ya hito mizu hana no natate ni
Mountain cherry, if you're going to fall, then fall—no one shows any regret. What does it matter? No one sees you; it would only give the blossoms a reputation.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Taki no ue no mifune no yama no yamazakura kaze ni ukite zo hana mo chirikeru
On Mount Mifune above the waterfall, the mountain cherry blossoms scatter, floating on the wind.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Yamakaze no sakura fukimaku oto su nari yoshino no taki no iwa mo todoro ni
I hear the roar of the mountain wind whirling the cherry blossoms—so loud the very rocks of the Yoshino falls thunder.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Yamakaze no sakura fukimaki chiru hana no midarete miyuru shiga no uranami
The mountain wind whirls the cherry blossoms, and the falling petals can be seen tossing wildly on the waves of Shiga Bay.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Yamazakura kigi no kozue ni mishi mono o iwama no mizu ni awa to narinuru
I saw the mountain cherry blooming on the treetops, yet now it has turned to foam on the water flowing among the rocks.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Yuku mizu ni kaze no fukiiruru sakurabana nagarete kienu awa ka to zo miru
The cherry petals blown by the wind into the flowing stream look to me like foam that drifts along yet never vanishes.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Sakurabana chirikai kasumu haru no yo no oborozukiyo no kamo no kawakaze
On a spring night beneath a hazy moon, the river wind of the Kamo scatters cherry blossoms until all is a swirling haze.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo