ひとめ見し君もやくると桜花
けふはまち見てちらばちらなむ
けふはまち見てちらばちらなむ
- Roma-ji
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Hitome mishi kimi mo ya kuru to sakurabana
kyō wa machimite chiraba chiranamu - English Translation
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The one who came
to see but once—might he return?
cherry blossoms,
today I wait and watch;
if he comes not, then fall away.
- Meaning
- The one who came to see you but once—might he return? Cherry blossoms, I will wait and watch for today; if he does not come, then you may fall away.
- Commentary
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Book II, Spring Poems (Part Two)
After an acquaintance came to visit and then left, this poem was composed and sent attached to blossoms.
Though it laments the scattering of cherry blossoms, perhaps there was also a hope that the visitor might return once more.
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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