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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
'Simply moving and elegant'