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- Manyoshu
Shimoyuki mo imada sugineba omowanu ni kasuga no sato ni ume no hana mitsu
Though frost and snow have not yet passed, unexpectedly I saw plum blossoms in the village of Kasuga.
Manyoshu - Ōtomo no Mihayashi
Kawazu naku kamunabigawa ni kage miete ima ka sakuramu yamabuki no hana
By the Kamunabi River where the river frogs sing, are the yellow kerria flowers blooming now, their reflections mirrored in the water?
Manyoshu - Prince Atsumi
Fufumeri to iishi ume ga e kesa furishi awayuki ni aite sakinuramu kamo
The plum branch that you said was still in bud: meeting the light snow that fell this morning, has it now burst into bloom?
Manyoshu - Ōtomo no Murakami
Kasumi tatsu kasuga no sato no ume no hana yama no arashi ni chirikosu na yume
O plum blossoms of Kasuga village where the haze rises, never let the storm winds from the mountains scatter you.
Manyoshu - Ōtomo no Murakami
Kasumi tatsu kasuga no sato no ume no hana hana ni towamu to waga omowanaku ni
O plum blossoms of Kasuga village where the haze rises: I never meant to visit only for the sake of the flowers.
Manyoshu - Ōtomo no Surugamaro
Toki wa ima wa haru ni narinu to miyuki furu tōyama no he ni kasumi tanabiku
As if to say the season has now turned to spring, haze trails along the distant mountains where snow still falls.
Manyoshu - Nakatomi no Muraji
Harusame no shikushiku furu ni takamato no yama no sakura wa ika ni ka aruramu
With the spring rain falling on and on, how are the cherry blossoms on Mount Takamato faring now?
Manyoshu - Kawabe no Azumahito
Uchikirai yuki wa furitsutsu shikasuga ni wagie no sono ni uguisu naku mo
Snow keeps falling, clouding everything around, and yet, in the garden of my home, a warbler is singing.
Manyoshu - Otomo no Yakamochi
Naniwahe ni hito no yukereba okureite haruna tsumu ko o miru ga kanashisa
Her husband has gone off to Naniwa, and seeing the girl left behind, gathering spring greens alone, fills me with tender sorrow.
Manyoshu - Tajihi no Yanushi
Kasumi tatsu nonoe no kata ni yukishikaba uguisu nakitsu haru ni narurashi
When I went out toward the fields where haze was rising, a warbler sang; it seems that spring is coming.
Manyoshu - Tajihi no Otomaro
Yamabuki no sakitaru nobe no tsubosumire kono haru no ame ni sakari narikeri
In the fields where the yellow kerria bloom, the little violets have come into their prime in this spring rain.
Manyoshu - Princess Takata
Kaze majiri yuki wa furu tomo mi ni naranu wagie no ume o hana ni chirasu na
Though snow may fall mixed with wind, do not scatter the plum of my house while it is still in flower, before it has borne fruit.
Manyoshu - Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoue
Haru no no ni asaru kigishi no tsumagoi ni onoga atari o hito ni shiretsutsu
The pheasant foraging in the spring fields, crying out in longing for its mate, keeps giving away to people where it is.
Manyoshu - Otomo no Yakamochi
Yo no tsune ni kikeba kurushiki yobukodori koe natsukashiki toki ni wa narinu
The calling bird, whose cry usually pains me to hear, has reached the season when its voice sounds dear and sweet.
Manyoshu - Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoue
Waga yado ni makishi nadeshiko itsushika mo hana ni sakinamu nasoetsutsu mimu
The pinks I sowed in my garden: when will they ever bloom? When they do, I will gaze at them and think of them as you.
Manyoshu - Otomo no Yakamochi
Tsubana nuku asaji ga hara no tsubosumire ima sakari nari aga kouraku wa
Like the violets in the field of low reeds where people pull the reed flowers, my longing for you is now in full bloom.
Manyoshu - Ōtomo no Tamura no Ōiratsume