Ataraya no
Tsuki to hana to o
Onajiku wa
Aware shireren
Hito ni miseba ya
Whether I look at the cherry blossoms,
Or at the night moon that I do not tire of watching,
It is the same —
I wish I could show them
To those who know aware.
~ Motoori Norinaga (本居 宣長, 21 June 1730 – 5 November 1801)
