けふのみと春をおもはぬ時だにも
立つことやすき花のかげかは
立つことやすき花のかげかは
- Roma-ji
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Kyō nomi to haru o omowanu toki dani mo
tatsu koto yasuki hana no kage ka wa - English Translation
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Even when one does not think
that spring ends today,
still—
how can one easily rise
from beneath the blossoms’ shade?
- Meaning
- Even when one does not think that spring will end today, how can one easily leave the shade of the blossoms?
- Commentary
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Book II, Spring Poems (Part Two)
A poem on the end of spring from a poetry contest at Teishiin.
Even when it is not the last day of spring, it is hard to leave the blossoms; how much more so on the very day when spring comes to an end. The Spring Poems of the Kokinshū conclude with this verse on the last day of spring.
- Author
- Oshikochi no Mitsune
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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