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- Senzai Wakashu
Yamazakura chiru o mite koso omoishire tazunenu hito wa kokoro arikeri
Only on seeing the mountain cherries fall did I come to understand: those who never came to see them were the ones with true feeling.
Senzai Wakashu - Minamoto no Nakatsuna
Yoso nite zo kikubekarikeru sakurabana me no mae nite mo chirashitsuru kana
I should have only heard about it from afar; instead I have let these cherry blossoms scatter right before my very eyes.
Senzai Wakashu - Dōmyō
Sakura chiru mizu no omo ni wa sekitomuru hana no shigarami kakubekarikeri
On the water where the cherry blossoms fall, I should have set a weir of blossoms to keep them from flowing away.
Senzai Wakashu - Nōin
Yamakaze ni chiritsumu hana no nagarezu wa ikade shiramashi tani no shitamizu
Had the blossoms scattered and piled up by the mountain wind not come floating down, how would I ever have known of the water flowing hidden in the depths of the valley?
Senzai Wakashu - Minamoto no Arihito
Hana no mina chirite no nochi zo yamazato no harawanu niwa wa mirubekarikeru
It is only after all the blossoms have fallen that one should see the unswept garden of a mountain hamlet.
Senzai Wakashu - Minamoto no Toshizane
Furusato wa hana koso itodo shinobarure chirinuru nochi wa tou hito mo nashi
In this old, faded village the blossoms are all the more dearly missed, for once they have fallen, no one comes to call.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Mototoshi
Fuku kaze o Nakoso no seki to omoedomo michi mo se ni chiru yamazakura kana
I thought this was the Nakoso Barrier, whose name tells the wind "Do not come," yet the mountain cherries are falling so thickly that they choke the road.
Senzai Wakashu - Minamoto no Yoshiie
Shita sayuru Himuro no yama no osozakura kienokorikeru yuki ka to zo miru
Seeing the late cherry blossoms on Mount Himuro, where the ground lies chill beneath, I take them for snow that has lingered without melting.
Senzai Wakashu - Minamoto no Nakamasa
Kagamiyama hikari wa hana no misekereba chiritsumite koso sabishikarikere
On Mirror Mountain it was the blossoms that made its brightness shine; now that they have fallen and piled up like dust upon a mirror, how lonely it has become.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Chikataka
Kokoro naki waga mi naredomo Tsu no kuni no Naniwa no haru ni taezu mo aru kana
Though I am someone without a feeling heart, the spring at Naniwa in the land of Tsu moves me more than I can bear.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Suemichi
Omou koto chie ni ya shigeki yobukodori Shinoda no mori no kata ni naku nari
Are its longings as thick as a thousand branches? The calling bird seems to be crying out toward the forest of Shinoda.
Senzai Wakashu - Oe no Masafusa
Koyoi nete tsumite kaeramu sumiregusa ono no shibafu wa tsuyu shigeku tomo
Tonight I will sleep here and gather violets to take home, even though the grass of the meadow is heavy with dew.
Senzai Wakashu - Minamoto no Kunizane
Kigisu naku Iwata no ono no tsubosumire shime sasu bakari narinikeru kana
In the meadow of Iwata where the pheasants cry, the little violets have bloomed so beautifully that I want to rope them off and claim them as my own.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Akisue
Michi tōmi Iruno no hara no tsubosumire haru no katami ni tsumite kaeran
Because the road is long, I will gather the little violets of Iruno Plain and take them home as keepsakes of the spring.
Senzai Wakashu - Minamoto no Akikuni
Haru fukami Ide no kawamizu kage sowaba ikue ka mieman yamabuki no hana
Now that spring has deepened, if their reflections join them in the waters of the Ide River, how many layers will the kerria blossoms appear to have?
Senzai Wakashu - Oe no Masafusa
Yamabuki no hana sakinikeri kawazu naku Ide no satobito ima ya towamashi
The kerria has burst into bloom. Shall I now go to visit the people of Ide village, where the river frogs are singing?
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Mototoshi