Asagao 'Morning Glory'

Asagao (Morning Glory)

Forget me not in the night
When petals shrivel without light.
I will bloom morning glories
In sapphire colours, blue and fancy.

Forget me not come autumn rime
When the vines cease to climb.
Worry not o’er winter clime
Below the snow; I survive.

Wait for me in spring, Asagao,
And as in days before the cold,
From whence comes summer,
I will display morning glories once again.
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Note:
   When a sapphire is blue, it is called a sapphire; when a sapphire is red, it is called a ruby. All other sapphire-coloured gemstones are known as “fancy sapphires.” If no colour is present, it is called a white sapphire. Forget-me-nots, asters, and morning glories are the representative flowers for the month of September. Morning glories bloom daily during the mornings and die in the evenings from early summer to the first frost of autumn. Asagao (morning glory) is a very popular flower in Japan and is a Japanese girl’s name meaning “face in the morning.”

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