Santōka Alarm
日本語EN

tomorrow I'll go home cherry blossoms fall keep falling down on me

asu wa kaerō sakura chiru chitte kuru

1936 · The long journey east
Sōmokutō · From Journey to Journey (Tabi kara tabi e)

Notes

At a place far from home where he has resolved to leave tomorrow, cherry blossoms are scattering. They fall even upon him as he watches. In the piled-up phrase 'falling, falling down,' the wish to go home and the reluctance to leave come down together as one.

Follow the words

Browse all 701 poems

山頭火アラーム アプリアイコン

Wake to this poem.

Santōka Alarm is an iOS app that wakes you each morning with a single poem.
Set a poem you love as your alarm.

Download on the App Store iOS 26+