Cherry Blossom Jisei

So'Oku's (望月宋屋) Jisei

Walking westward
Early cherry blossoms are
My landmark.

Nishi e yuku
Higan sakura ya
Michi-annai

Kari's Jisei

How sad: cherry blossoms
turn to clouds that
come to greet me

Ushi ya hana
ware o mukaeru
kumo to nari　

Gozan's Jisei

Blossoms scent the air
a carefree birdsongs
echoes the truth　

ka ya hiraki
noroi toku tori no
kirabiyaka

(the original Japanese poem was a palindrome)

Hakuen's Jisei　

What is but a dream?
the blossoming as well
lasts only seven cycles

A yume da
hana no tomari mo
nana-meguri

Hyakka's Jisei

Late blooming cherry
wondrous workings
of a lowers mind

Okufukai
hana no kokoro ya
osozaura　

Kaisho's Jisei

Evening cherry-blossoms:
slip the inkstone back into my kimono
one last time.

Futokoro eI
suzuri shimau yathis
yuzakura　

Kin'u's Jisei

How leisurely the cherry
blossoms bloom his year, unhurried
by their doom


Yururi saku
kotoshi no hana no
kakugo kana

Sokun's Jisei

The road I take
to paradise is bright
with cherry blossoms

Yuku michi wa
hana ni akaruki
jodo kana

cherry blossoms--
tree after tree
of good karma　

花桜一本一本のいさほしや
hana sakura ippon ippon no isaoshi ya