Gosechi 五節
くもりなき豊のあかりにみつるかなあまつ乙女のまひのすがたを
| kumorinaki toyo no akari ni mitsuru kana amatsu otome no mai no sugata o | Cloudless is The Festival of New Grain, So perfect Are the heavenly maidens’ Dancing forms! |
Daishin
Monthly Archives: January 2021
Eikyū hyakushu 370
Gosechi 五節
日影さすとよのあかりにみつるかな我がすべらぎの千世のかざしを
| hikage sasu toyo no akari ni mitsuru kana wa ga suberagi no chiyo no kazashi o | Sunlight falls on The Festival of New Grain Perfecting it! My Sovereign’s Thousand generations capped… |
Higo
Eikyū hyakushu 369
Gosechi 五節
もろ人のあそぶなるかな乙女子がかざみのすそのながき夜すがら
| morobito no asobunaru kana otomego ga kazami no suso no nagaki yosugara | Crowds of folk do Enjoy themselves! The maiden’s Robes’ trains are As long as night… |
Kanemasa
Eikyū hyakushu 368
Gosechi 五節
ふみもみぬ雲のかけはし外にのみあまつをとめのきき渡るかな
| fumi mo minu kumo no kakehashi soto ni nomi ama tsu otome no kikiwataru kana | Their tread hidden by The spanning bridge of clouds; Simply from afar The heavenly maidens do I hear crossing! |
Tadafusa
Eikyū hyakushu 367
Gosechi 五節
日影さすをみのあかひもうちとけて立ちまふ人をもてはやすなり
| hikage sasu omi no akahimo uchitokete tachimau hito o motehayasunari | Sunlight falls on Scarlet purification cords, Undone as The dancing folk do Shine so bright! |
Toshiyori
Eikyū hyakushu 366
Gosechi 五節
をとめ子が袖ふりそめしをみ衣とよのあかりにたえせざりけり
| otomego ga sode furisomeshi omigoromo toyo no akari ni taesezarikeri | The maidens Have begun to wave the sleeves of Their purification robes; The Festival of New Grain Has endured for ever! |
Nakazane
Eikyū hyakushu 365
Gosechi 五節
をとめ子が雲のうへにて袖ふれば日影にまがふあまの羽衣
| otomego ga kumo no ue nite sode fureba hikage ni magau ama no hagoromo | The maidens are Above the clouds Sleeves waving, so Indistinguishable from sunlight are Their heavenly gossamer robes! |
Akinaka
Eikyū hyakushu 350
First Snow 初雪
めもはるに花かとぞみるしもがれの草木もわかずふれる初皆
| me mo haru ni hana ka to zo miru shimogare no kusaki mo wakazu fureru hatsuyuki | Before my eyes, do spring In bloom I see? Frost-burned Trees and grasses both, I cannot tell Beneath the first snow fallen. |
Daishin
Eikyū hyakushu 349
First Snow 初雪
しもがれの草にやつるる故郷に今朝はつ雪のめづらしきかな
| shimogare no kusa ni yatsururu furusato ni kesa hatsuyuki no mezurashiki kana | Frost-burned Grasses wither round This ancient hall, where This morning falls the first snow – How strange that is! |
Higo
Eikyū hyakushu 348
First Snow 初雪
はつみ雪ふりにけらしなあらち山こしのたび人そりにのるまで
| hatsumiyuki furinikerashi na arachiyama koshi no tabibito sori ni noru made | The first deep snows Have fallen, it seems, so Upon Arachi Mountain The traversing traveller Must ride upon a sleigh! |
Kanemasa