桜花(2) Cherry blossoms(2)

・西行の　愛でし桜も　かくなるや　（素粒子）

Look at the cherry blossom! It looks as if it were a flower monk Saigyo loved.

 

 西行は月と桜を愛した歌人。彼の有名な歌

・ねがわくは　花の下にて　春死なむ

　　　　　　　    そのきさらぎの　望月の頃

Let me die in spring under the blossoming trees,

                     let it be around that full moon of Kisaragi month.

 (translated by Burton Watson)

5DIII, EF70-200mm/F2.8L IS USM II