
here, amidst flurrying cherry blossoms
it’s as though some spring-time snow
were falling and did not melt
it’s as though some spring-time snow
were falling and did not melt
monk Soku (ca. 880)
spending the spring night in the foothills
I slept, and deep inside my dream
blossoms fell without cease
I slept, and deep inside my dream
blossoms fell without cease
Ki no Tsurayuki (872-945)

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