Chapter 12 FALLEN CHERRY-BLOSSOM

Iro wa nioedo

Chirinuru wo-

Woga yo tore zo

Tsune naran?

Ui no okuyama

Kyo koete,

Asaki yume miji

Ei mo sezu.

The colours are bright, but

The petals fall!

In this world of ours who

Shall remain forever?

To-day crossing

The high mountains of mutability,

We shall see no fleeting dreams,

Being inebriate no