--Beautiful March '08 Japan--

桜 – Hana

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How happy, spring has come over the Sumida*,

Rowing up, rowing down in the warm sunbeams,

Drops from the boatmen’s oars look like cherry blooms,

How can I describe for you the view o’er the streams?

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Lo, see the cherry trees that stand in the morning mist,

I hear them speak to me in a tender tone,

In the eve I love to see the waving willows,

They stretch their hands to me strolling alone.

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Oh, see the hazy moon rising o’er the banks,

Rows of cherry trees standing o’er the stream,

How I love the cherry blossoms in the moonlight!

How can I describe for you the night like in a dream?

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*The Sumida River, which runs along the banks of Tokyo

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-Lisa

-http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/?p=240

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