Lingering Warblers (残鶯)
なぐさむるかたやなからん花もちり春もくれゆく鶯のこゑ
nagusamuru
kata ya nakaran
hana mo chiri
haru mo kureyuku
uguisu no koe | Consolation
Nowhere will I find, it seems;
The blossoms all are fallen, and
Spring draws in to dusk with
A warbler’s song. |
Daishin
Lingering Warblers (残鶯)
残りなく春の日かずは過ぎぬれどなほ鶯ぞたえずおとなふ
nokorinaku
haru no hikazu wa
suginuredo
nao uguisu zo
taezu otonau | Not one remains
Of the numbered days of spring;
They are past, and yet
Still the warbler
Endlessly sings on. |
Higo
Lingering Warblers (残鶯)
おそ桜にほふ梢のうぐひすははつ声よりもめづらしきかな
osozakura
niou kozue no
uguisu wa
hatsugoe yori mo
mezurashiki kana | The late-blooming cherries’
Treetops glow, where
To hear a warbler –
More than his first song –
‘Tis strange, indeed! |
Kanemasa
Lingering Warblers (残鶯)
中中に春くれがたのうぐひすははつねよりげにめづらしきかな
nakanaka ni
haru kuregata no
uguisu wa
hatsune yori geni
mezurashiki kana | Truly
At the dusk of spring
To hear a warbler —
Far more than his first chirp –
‘Tis strange, indeed! |
Tadafusa
Lingering Warblers (残鶯)
けふさらば鳴きつくしてよ鶯の春ののちには誰かしのばん
kyō saraba
nakitsukushite yo
uguisu no
haru no nochi ni wa
tare ka shinoban | As this day has come
Exhaust yourself with song!
A warbler
When spring is gone –
Who will recall you then? |
Toshiyori
Lingering Warblers (残鶯)
つれづれと何につけてかなぐさまむ百さへづりの鳥なかりせば
tsurezure to
nani ni tsukete ka
nagusamamu
momosaezuri no
tori nakariseba | In idleness
With what
Might I console myself?
For all the twittering
Birds are gone… |
Nakazane
Lingering Warblers (残鶯)
霞しく春くれ竹の風の音に声うちそへてうぐひすぞなく
kasumi shiku
haru kuretake no
kaze no oto ni
koe uchisoete
uguisu zo naku | Haze is spreading
At the dusk of spring, amongst the bamboo
Whispers of wind
Join the song
The warbler sings. |
Akinaka
Pheasants (雉)
すずの音やちかくなるらんみかりのにかくろへかねてききす鳴くなり
suzu no ne ya
chikakunaruran
mikarino ni
kakuroekanete
kigisu nakunari | Do the harness bells
Seem to draw near?
In the imperial hunting grounds
Unable to conceal himself
A pheasant is a’crying. |
Daishin
Pheasants (雉)
あふことのかたののきぎすつま恋にむべほろほろとたちゐ鳴くらん
au koto no
katano no kigisu
tsumagoi ni
mube horohoro to
tachi’i nakuran | To meet at
Katano, the pheasants,
For mates a’yearning,
Do, indeed, hoarsely
Seem to cry, starting into flight. |
Higo
Pheasants (雉)
かり人は声をたづぬとしらねばやかすみのうちにきぎす鳴くらん
karibito wa
koe o tazunu to
shiraneba ya
kasumi no uchi ni
kigisu nakuran | Of hunters
His song seeking
All unknowing?
From within the haze
Does the pheasant seem to call. |
Kanemasa
'Simply moving and elegant'