japanese-poetry

Everyone calls him BlockheadNo one sings his praisesOr takes him to heart...That is the kind of personI want to be

To tell others thatIt is a rumor Will not do. When your own heart asks How will you respond?

Oh, you cherry petals, On this calm and balmy day, Why are you so restless, So keen to fly away? / ______ ______ ____ ______ _______

Impassionate gods have never seen the red that is the Tatsuta River. /______ _______ __ _________ 水______

The color of the flower has faded, while I lost myself in idle thought in this long rain / ____ __________ ______ _______ _________

Would the mountain cherry blossoms return my affection for there is no one else out here. /______ _________ 山 ________ __人___

With people you can never tell, Will they have changed when next we meet? But here in my dear old home at least, The plums still smell as sweet. / 人____ _____ ______ _____ _______

Swift waters parted by the jagged rocks are joined at river's end. / _____ 岩_______ ___ _______ _________

May I live to see the day when I long for the agony I feel now. /______ _________ ______ ________ ________