Ki no Tomonori - Kokinshu (84)

Ki no Tomonori (紀友則 ki (no) tomonori, c. 850c. 904)
One member of the sanjūrokkasen (Thirty-six Poetry Immortals). Heian waka, poet of the court.
Compiler of the Kokin Wakashū.
Author of poems in the Kokin Wakashū, also collected in the Tomonori Shū.
Music:"Sakura Sakura" (さくら さくら?), composed during the Edo period for learning to play the koto, popular since the Meiji period. Alfred Reed based the Fifth Symphony in this piece .
Lyrics:
桜　桜
野山も里も
見渡す限り
霞か雲か
朝日に匂う
桜　桜
花ざかり
桜　桜
弥生の空は
見渡す限り
霞か雲か
匂いぞ　出づる
いざや　いざや
見に行かん
English:
Cherry blossoms, cherry blossoms,
On Meadow-hills and mountains
As far as you can see.
Is it a mist, or clouds?
Fragrant in the morning sun.
Cherry blossoms, cherry blossoms,
Flowers in full bloom.
Cherry blossoms, cherry blossoms,
Across the Spring sky,
As far as you can see.
Is it a mist, or clouds?
Fragrant in the air.
Come now, come,
Lets look, at last!

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