山ぶきはあやななさきそ花見むと
うゑけむ君がこよひこなくに
うゑけむ君がこよひこなくに
- Roma-ji
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Yamabuki wa ayana na saki so hana mimu to
uekemu kimi ga koyoi konaku ni - English Translation
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Kerria blossoms,
do not bloom without reason;
we planted you
so that we might view you together,
yet he does not come tonight.
- Meaning
- Kerria blossoms, do not bloom without cause—we planted you to view together, yet tonight he does not come.
- Commentary
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Book II, Spring Poems (Part Two)
A poem by a woman, composed upon seeing the kerria blossoms she had planted together with a man who would visit her.
Though they had planted them to enjoy together, the man does not come, and only the blossoms bloom. Comparing her present loneliness with the happiness of that earlier time, she directs her feelings toward the blossoms.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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