KKS 54

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題しらず

Topic unknown

よみ人しらず

Poet unknown

いはばしる滝なくもがな桜花手折りても来ん見ぬ人のため

iwabashiru
taki naku mogana
sakurabana
taori-te mo ko-n
mi-nu hito no tame

I wish it weren't there
The stone-rushing waterfall
Cherry blossoms
I would break one off and return
For those who cannot see it.

stone-rushing: This is a pillow word for "waterfall", although the word taki here may represent rapids in a river rather than a true waterfall.

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