年ふればよはひはおいぬしかははあれど
花をし見ればもの思ひもなし
花をし見ればもの思ひもなし
- Roma-ji
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Toshi fureba yowai wa oinu shika wa wa aredo
hana o shi mireba mono omoi mo nashi - English Translation
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As years pass,
my age indeed has grown old—
such change there is;
yet when I look on blossoms,
there are no troubled thoughts.
- Meaning
- As the years have passed, I have grown old; yet when I look upon the blossoms, there are no troubled thoughts at all.
- Commentary
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Spring Songs, Book One
Seeing cherry blossoms arranged in a vase before the Empress at , this poem was composed.
It expresses the feelings of a father-minister, filled with quiet satisfaction at seeing his daughter as Empress.
- Author
- Fujiwara no Yoshifusa
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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