Karuta Quotes

Would the mountain cherry blossoms return my affection for there is no one else out here. /もろともにあはれと思へ山桜花よりほかに知る人もなし

Former Chief Abbot Gyoson

May I live to see the day when I long for the agony I feel now. /ながらへばまたこのごろやしのばれむ憂しと見し世ぞいまは恋しき

Fujiwara no Kiyosuke

Swift waters parted by the jagged rocks are joined at river's end. / 瀬をはやみ岩にせかるる滝川のわれても末にあはむとぞ思ふ

With people you can never tell, Will they have changed when next we meet? But here in my dear old home at least, The plums still smell as sweet. / 人はいさ心も知らずふるさとは花ぞ昔の香ににほひける

Fujiwara no Okikaze

Oh, you cherry petals, On this calm and balmy day, Why are you so restless, So keen to fly away? / ひさかたの光のどけき春の日にしづ心なく花の散るらむ

Impassionate gods have never seen the red that is the Tatsuta River. /ちはやぶる神代も聞かず竜田川からくれなゐに水くくるとは

Ariwara no Narihira