梅一輪
一輪ほどの
あたたかさ
うめいちりん
いちりんほどの
あたたかち
ume ichi rin
ichi rin hodono
atatakachi
A singe plum blossom
I feel the warmth
About the amount of a blossom
I will quote Naoko-san who explains this poem in a way that is as nice as the poem itself:
Plum flowers blossom earlier than Cherry. Some people like plum flowers better than cherry because of the scent.
When I was a student, we could not wait for cherry blossoms and had a party under plum trees. It was too cold of course, and we had to move to an izakaya shortly.
The plums are not blooming yet but we are starting to get some warm days. You can see the buds swelling. Soon...
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