by Saionji Kintsune (1171 - 1244)
Translation © by Kenneth Rexroth (1905 - 1982)
The flowers whirl away like snow
Language: Japanese (日本語)
花さそふう あらしの庭にわの 雪ならで ふりゆくものは わが身なりけり
Note: Text as set by Phillips:
Hana sasou Arashi no niwa no Yuki nara de Furi yuki mono wa Wa ga mi narikeri
Text Authorship:
- by Saionji Kintsune (1171 - 1244), appears in The Hyakunin Isshu = 百人一首, no. 96 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Sheena Phillips (b. 1958), "The flowers whirl away like snow", copyright © 2003, first performed 2006 [ voices ], from Images, no. 2
Score: Sheena Phillips [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Kenneth Rexroth) , appears in One Hundred Poems from the Japanese, no. 96, copyright ©
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The flowers whirl away
Language: English after the Japanese (日本語)
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.Text Authorship:
- by Kenneth Rexroth (1905 - 1982), appears in One Hundred Poems from the Japanese, no. 96, copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Japanese (日本語) by Saionji Kintsune (1171 - 1244), appears in The Hyakunin Isshu = 百人一首, no. 96
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
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This text was added to the website: 2026-07-04
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Word count: 16