ごとならばさかずやはあらぬさくら花
見る我さへにしづ心なし
見る我さへにしづ心なし
- Roma-ji
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Goto naraba sakazu ya wa aranu sakurabana
miru ware sae ni shizugokoro nashi - English Translation
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If it must be so,
would it not be better
not to bloom at all,
cherry blossoms?
Even I who gaze cannot keep a tranquil heart.
- Meaning
- If it must be like this, would it not be better if the cherry blossoms did not bloom at all? Even I who watch them cannot keep a calm heart.
- Commentary
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Book II, Spring Poems (Part Two)
A poem composed upon seeing the cherry blossoms fall.
So great is the sorrow at their scattering that the poet laments it would be better if they had never bloomed at all, since even the one who watches cannot remain at ease.
- Author
- Ki no Tsurayuki
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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Eda yori mo ada nari chirinishi hana nareba
ochite mo mizu no awa to koso nare - Next Poem
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Sakurabana toku chirinu tomo omooezu
hito no kokoro zo kaze mo fukiaenu