Mandarin Ducks 鴛鴦
をし鳥もくぐる岩ねのうす氷今朝やうは毛にとぢかさぬらん
oshidori mo
kuguru iwane no
usukōri
kesa ya uwage ni
tojikasanuran | The mandarins do
Dive beneath the ice-film
Round the rocks;
I wonder, will their down this morning
Be clogged with crystal layers? |
Toshiyori
Mandarin Ducks 鴛鴦
夜をさむみ岩波たかき山川につがはぬをしのすだくなるかな
yo o samumi
iwanami takaki
yamakawa ni
tsugawanu oshi no
sudakunaru kana | On chilly nights, when
Waves break upon the boulders
In the mountain rivers,
The unmated mandarins do
Gather and cry out! |
Nakazane
Mandarin Ducks 鴛鴦
をし烏のつたふ岩ねに波かけてうきふしつみぬ身をぞ恨むる
oshidori no
tsutau iwane ni
nami kakete
ukifushi tsuminu
mi o zo uramuru | Mandarin ducks
Trail beside the craggy cliff where
Waves do break;
Weighed down with sorrows
I can but lament my lot! |
Akinaka
'Simply moving and elegant'
