New Year Archery
あづさ弓ひくひくたれもいのるらんかたわくけふのくものうへ人
azusayumi
hikuhiku taremo
inoruran
katawaku kyō no
kumo no uebito | A catalpa bow
Drawing and drawing, someone
Is surely praying;
Divided into teams today are
The folk above the clouds. |
Kanemasa
New Year Archery
九重のうちにいるてふあづさ弓はるかに雲のほかにきくかな
kokonoe no
uchi ni iru chō
azusayumi
haruka ni kumo no
hoka ni kiku kana | Within the ninefold
Palace walls we are today;
Catalpa bows –
Other than the distant clouds
Who might hear them! |
Tadafusa
New Year Archery
引きながすたつかの弓の矢をはやみともねにまとのなりかはすかな
hikinagasu
tatsuka no yumi no
ya o hayami
tomone ni mato no
narikawasu kana | Drawing and letting fly, from
My bow’s grip,
An arrow speeds, and
With the snap of bowstring with the target
Becomes one! |
Toshiyori
New Year Archery
はるさればかたやたばさみともねうち我がかつゆみのかずぞかさなる
haru sareba
kataya tabasami
tomone uchi
wa ga katsu yumi no
kazu zo kasanaru | When the spring does come,
An arrow grasped in hand,
Bracers snapping
My victorious bows’
Numbers mount up! |
Nakazane
New Year Archery
はるたてばあづさのま弓ひきつれてみかきの内にまとゐをぞする
haru tateba
azusa no mayumi
hikitsurete
mikaki no uchi ni
matoi o zo suru | With the rise of spring,
Fair bows of catalpa
Do we draw, and
Within the sacred bounds
Convivially take aim at targets! |
Akinaka
'Simply moving and elegant'