山たかみ人もすさめぬさくら花
いたくなわびそ我見はやさむ
いたくなわびそ我見はやさむ
- Roma-ji
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Yama takami hito mo susamenu sakurabana
itaku na wabi so ware mihayasamu - English Translation
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High on the mountain,
where people do not come at all,
O cherry blossoms—
do not grieve too bitterly;
I will hasten to praise you.
- Meaning
- O cherry blossoms that bloom high on the mountain where no people come to admire you, do not grieve too bitterly; I will hasten to praise you.
- Commentary
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Spring Songs, Book One
A poem composed on cherry blossoms that bloom in a high mountain place far from human dwellings.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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