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- Sankashu
Omoiyaru takane no kumo no hana naraba chiranu nanuka wa hareji to zo omou
If the clouds on the high peak I gaze toward are blossoms, then for the seven days they stay unscattered, I think they will not clear away.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Nodoka nare kokoro o sara ni tsukushitsutsu hana yue ni koso haru wa machishika
Be calm, my heart. It was for the blossoms' sake alone that I waited for spring, spending my heart and more.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Kazakoshi no mine no tsuzuki ni saku hana wa itsu sakari tomo naku ya chiriken
Have the blossoms along the ridge of Kazakoshi already scattered, with no time at all to reach their height?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Narai arite kaze sasou tomo yamazakura tazunuru ware o machitsukete chire
Even if it is the way of things for the wind to lure you away, O mountain cherry, wait for me as I come seeking you, and only then let your petals fall.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Susono yaku keburi zo haru wa Yoshinoyama hana o hedatsuru kasumi narikeru
In spring on Mount Yoshino, it is the smoke from the burning foothills that is the haze screening off the blossoms.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Ima yori wa hana min hito ni tsutaeokan yo o nogaretsutsu yama ni sumae to
From now on I will leave this word for those who would view the blossoms: forsake the world, and go live in the mountains.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Hanami ni to muretsutsu hito no kuru nomi zo atara sakura no toga ni wa arikeru
That crowds of people come swarming to view the blossoms, that alone is the one fault of this precious cherry tree.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Hana mo chiri hito mo kozaran ori wa mata yama no kai nite nodoka naru beshi
When the blossoms have fallen and people no longer come, then once again it will be peaceful here between the hills.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Toshi o hete onaji kozue ni nioedomo hana koso hito ni akarezarikere
Year after year they bloom on the same treetops, yet the blossoms, it seems, are never tired of by people, unlike me.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Kumo ni magau hana no shita nite nagamureba oboro ni tsuki wa miyuru narikeru
When I gaze up from beneath blossoms that look like clouds, the moon appears soft and hazy.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Hana no iro ya koe ni somuran uguisu no naku ne koto naru haru no akebono
Has the color of the blossoms seeped into its voice? The warbler sings in a different tone at dawn in spring.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Onozukara hana naki toshi no haru mo araba nani ni tsukete ka hi o kurasu beki
If by chance there were a spring in some year with no blossoms, what could I turn to in passing my days?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Omoide ni nani o ka semashi kono haru no hana machitsukenu waga mi nariseba
What would I have had as a memory of this life if I had not lived to greet the blossoms of this spring?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Wakite min oiki wa hana mo aware nari ima ikutabi ka haru ni au beki
I will look with special care: an old tree moves the heart, even its blossoms. How many more springs will it live to see?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Ko no moto wa miru hito shigeshi sakurabana yoso ni nagamete ka o ba oshiman
Beneath the tree the viewers crowd thick. O cherry blossoms, I will gaze at you from afar and treasure your fragrance.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Yoshinoyama hokiji tsutai ni tazuneirite hana mishi haru wa hitomukashi kamo
That spring when I made my way deep into Mount Yoshino along the cliffside paths and saw the blossoms, has it already become a thing of long ago?
Sankashu - Saigyō