karuta

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______

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. /______ _________ ______ ________ ________