Classical Japanese Database

Text #107.

by #19. Saigyô (西行法師)

Season:

Spring  

Subject:

Death, cherry blossoms  

Commentary:

He managed to do it, dying on the 16th of Kisaragi. The Buddha is reputed to have died on 15th of the same month.

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Japanese:

ねがはくは
花の下にて
春死なむ
そのきさらぎの
もち月のころ

Romanization:

Negawaku wa
hana no shita nite
haru shinan
sono kisaragi no
mochidzuki no koro

Translation #108:

Let me die in spring
under the blossoming trees,
let it be around
that full moon
of Kisaragi month