Kokinshu #44
Friday, 31 December 2010 08:27![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
(Written on plum trees blooming beside the waters.)
Year after year,
the water that becomes a
mirror of flowers --
should we say it clouds over
as petals scatter on it?
toshi o hete
hana no kagami to
naru mizu wa
chirikakaru o ya
kumoru to iuramu
---L.
Year after year,
the water that becomes a
mirror of flowers --
should we say it clouds over
as petals scatter on it?
—31 October 2010
(Original by Ise.) And now the plum flowers start fading. With, apparently, yucky line breaks. Bah.toshi o hete
hana no kagami to
naru mizu wa
chirikakaru o ya
kumoru to iuramu
---L.