Spring Sun
わたつうみのうらうらてらす春の日にあまもみるめをかりやほすらむ
wata tsu umi no
uraura terasu
haru no hi ni
ama mo mirume o
kari ya hosuramu | Across the broad sea sweep
Softly shines
The spring sun upon the
Fisherfolk, seaweed
Reaping, but would it dry? |
Daishin
Spring Sun
花もまたにほはずみゆる山ざとに春の日ぐらしながめをぞする
hana mo mata
niowazu miyuru
yamazato ni
haru no higurashi
nagame o zo suru | The blossom has yet
To scent, it seems,
My mountain dwelling;
With the sunset in springtime
Do I gaze upon it. |
Higo
Spring Sun
春の日は杣やまとほき里なれやくれまつほどの心ともなき
haru no hi wa
soma yama tōki
sato nare ya
kure matsu hodo no
kokoro tomonaki | The spring sun: not only do
Timber mountains’ distant
Dwellings
Awaiting dusk
Feel it… |
Kanemasa
Spring Sun
からころも春たちきぬとききしより日のうらうらとなりにけるかな
karakoromo
haru tachikinu to
kikishi yori
hi no uraura to
narinikeru kana | A Cathay robe,
Cut and sewn; spring has come –
Since I heard that
The sun has softly
Shone, indeed! |
Tadafusa
Spring Sun
かずならぬやどにははるのこざりせばくれぬをさへはなげかざらまし
kazu naranu
yado ni wa haru no
kozariseba
kurenu o sae wa
nagekazaramashi | To numberless
Dwellings has spring
Yet to come, so
A delay to dusk – even that
Does seem to bring no grief. |
Toshiyori
Spring Sun
ももちどりさへづる春はうらうらとなれども我が身くもりつつのみ
momochidori
saezuru haru wa
uraura to
naredomo wa ga mi
kumoritsutsu nomi | Plovers
Chirp; spring’s
Soft sunlight
Shines, yet I
Am ever covered in cloud… |
Nakazane
Spring Sun
おもへどもむかしの秋のかなしさはつきせざりける春の日くらし
omoedomo
mukashi no aki no
kanashisa wa
tsukisezarikeru
haru no higurashi | I feel it, yet
Ancient autumns’
Sadness
Does not seem to end
With a springtime sunset… |
Akinaka
Lingering Cold
雪きえぬみ山がくれは猶さえて春のしるしも見えず有りける
yuki kienu
miyamagakure wa
nao saete
haru no shirushi mo
miezu arikeru | The snow lingers on, and
My deep mountain retreat
Is still so chill, that
Not one sign of spring
Can I see at all… |
Daishin
Lingering Cold
春なれど雪ふるとしのなほちかみをののすみがま今朝や焼くらむ
haru naredo
yuki furu toshi no
nao chikami
ono no sumigama
kesa ya yakuramu | It is spring, yet
The year of falling snows
Is still close by;
Do the charcoal kilns at Ono
Burn this morn, I wonder? |
Higo
Lingering Cold
春風の猶さむしろをかさねばやたびの夜床はさえもこそすれ
harukaze no
nao samushiro o
kasaneba ya
tabi no yodoko wa
sae mo koso sure | The spring wind is
Yet so cold, threadbare blankets
Might I lay on
My journey-bed, but
Feel the chill all the more! |
Kanemasa
'Simply moving and elegant'