花の色は　うつりにけりな　いたづらに　わが身世にふる　ながめせしまに

小野小町

Hana no iro wa utsuri ni keri na itazura ni / Waga mi yo ni furu nagame seshi ma ni

Ono-no Komachi

As in the long and weary rain / The hue of flowers is all gone,

So is my young grace spent in vain / In these long years I lived alone.

(ONE HUNDRED POEMS FROM ONE HUNDRED POETS by H.H.HONDA)

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