ちりぬればこふれどしるしなき物を
けふこそさくらをらばおりてめ
けふこそさくらをらばおりてめ
- Roma-ji
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Chirinureba kouredo shirushi naki mono o
kyō koso sakura oraba oriteme - English Translation
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Once they have fallen, though one yearns, there is no avail;
So today, if I am to pluck the cherry blossoms, let me pluck them.
- Meaning
- Once they have fallen, however much one may yearn for them, there is no avail; so today, if I am to pluck the cherry blossoms, I will pluck them.
- Commentary
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Spring Songs, Book One
Though it is painful to pluck the cherry blossoms in their beautiful bloom, if they are left as they are they will fall away; it is as though the poet were persuading his own heart that it might be better to pluck them now.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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