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- Sankashu
Harukaze no hana no fubuki ni uzumarete yuki mo yararenu Shiga no yamamichi
Buried in a blizzard of blossoms blown by the spring wind, I cannot go on along the mountain road to Shiga, as though shut in by snow.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Tachimagau mine no kumo o ba harau tomo hana o chirasanu arashi nariseba
Let the storm blow away the clouds that mingle with the blossoms on the peaks, if only it were a storm that did not scatter the flowers.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Yoshinoyama hana fukigushite mine koyuru arashi wa kumo to yoso ni miyuran
The storm that sweeps over the peaks of Mount Yoshino carrying the blossoms with it must look, from far away, like a cloud.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Oshimarenu mi dani mo yo ni wa aru mono o ana ayaniku no hana no kokoro ya
Even someone like me, whom no one would miss, lingers on in this world, and yet, alas, how perverse is the heart of the blossoms!
Sankashu - Saigyō
Ukiyo ni wa todomeokaji to harukaze no chirasu wa hana o oshimu narikeri
Unwilling to leave them in this world of sorrow, the spring wind scatters the blossoms, and so it is, after all, out of love for them.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Morotomo ni ware o mo gushite chirine hana ukiyo o itou kokoro aru mi zo
Take me with you when you fall, O blossoms, for I too am one whose heart is weary of this sorrowful world.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Omoe tada hana no chirinan ko no moto ni nani o kage nite waga mi suminan
Just think of it: beneath the tree where the blossoms will have fallen, what shall I have for shelter as I live on there?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Nagamu tote hana ni mo itaku narenureba chiru wakare koso kanashikarikere
Gazing at them day after day, I have grown so close to the blossoms that their falling, our parting, fills me with sorrow.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Oshimedomo omoige mo naku ada ni chiru hana wa kokoro zo kashikokarikeru
However much we grieve for them, the blossoms scatter lightly, showing no trace of regret: their hearts, it seems, are wise.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Kozue fuku kaze no kokoro wa ikaga sen shitagau hana no urameshiki kana
Nothing can be done about the heart of the wind blowing through the treetops; it is the blossoms, so meekly obeying it, that I resent.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Ikade ka wa chirade are tomo omou beki shibashi to shitau nageki shire hana
How could I ever wish that you would never fall? But know this grief of mine that pleads for just a little while, O blossoms.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Ko no moto no hana ni koyoi wa uzumorete akanu kozue o omoiakasan
Tonight I will lie buried in the blossoms fallen beneath the tree, and pass the night till dawn thinking of the treetops I can never tire of.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Ko no moto ni tabine o sureba Yoshinoyama hana no fusuma o kisuru harukaze
When I sleep beneath the trees on my travels on Mount Yoshino, the spring breeze lays a coverlet of blossoms over me.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Yuki to miete kaze ni sakura no midarureba hana no kasa kiru haru no yo no tsuki
The cherry blossoms whirl in the wind like snow, so the moon on this spring night seems to wear a hat of blossoms, a halo round its face.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Chiru hana o oshimu kokoro ya todomarite mata kon haru no tane ni naru beki
Will the heart that grieves for falling blossoms linger on, and become the seed of the spring that comes again?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Haru fukami eda mo yurugade chiru hana wa kaze no toga ni wa aranu naru beshi
Spring has grown deep, and the blossoms fall though the branches do not stir; surely, then, it is not the wind that is to blame.
Sankashu - Saigyō