Ukíyo Haná.

Kokóro de yà
mamónakù shibómu
ukíyo haná.

In onze harten
weldra de verstervende
bloesems der wereld.


Vertaling; 白狐

"in heart(s) [happening] -- // before-long fading/wilting //
fleeting-world blossom(s)."

ó is a high stressed short ò // à is a lower stressed short à like in French //
u like German ü // e is short è.

Source > W.S. Merwin's note to Yosa Buson's haiku # 863
about Ono no Komachi ["Town Beauty from Ono"], one of the six most loved waka poets in the tenth century Imperial anthology the Kokiñshû
>> "Soon faded are the flowers [or: blossoms] /
of the world / in the human heart."
[Waka/Tanka is 5/7/5/7/7 = 31 syllables.]