夕さればすずふく嵐身にしみてよしののたけにみゆきふるらし
yū sareba
suzu fuku arashi
mi ni shimite
yoshino no take ni
miyuki fururashi | When the evening comes,
Storm winds gusting through the arrow bamboo
Pierce my flesh;
On the high peak of Yoshino,
Fair snow is a’falling, it seems. |
362
おく山のいはねにおふるすがのねのねもころごろにふれる白雪
okuyama no
iwane ni ouru
suga no ne no
nemokorogoro ni
fureru shirayuki | Deep with the mountains,
The crags are covered, like
Sedge roots into
Every nook and cranny by
Fallen snow. |
361
Snow
みさごゐる磯辺にたてるむろの木の枝もとををに雪ぞつもれる
misago iru
isobe ni tateru
muro no ki no
eda mo tō ni
yuki zo tsumoreru | Ospreys dwell
Among, standing on the stoney shore,
The juniper trees,
Their branches laden
With drifted snow. |
360
Cranes by the sea.
なにはがたしほひにたてるあしたづのはねしろたへに雪はふりつつ
naniwagata
shiohi ni tateru
ashitazu no
hane shirotae ni
yuki wa furitsutsu | In Naniwa’s tidelands
As the ebb goes out, upon
The crane’s
Wings, white as mulberry cloth,
The snow is ever falling… |
359
Waterfowl
水とりのかものうきねのうきながら玉もの床にいくよへぬらん
mizutori no
kamo no ukine no
ukinagara
tamamo no toko ni
ikuyo henuran | Waterfowl,
The ducks doze
Drifting
Upon their beds of gemweed—
How many nights have gone by so? |
358
Plovers at a famous location.
衣手に浦のまつかぜさえわびてふきあげの月に千どり鳴くなり
koromode ni
ura no matsukaze
saewabite
fukiage no tsuki ni
chidori nakunari | Upon my sleeves
The pinewinds on the shore
Cast an unbearable chill, as
At Fukiage beneath the moon
The plovers cry. |
357
Plovers on a cold night.
風さむみよのふけゆけばいもが島かたみのうらに千鳥なくなり
kaze samumi
yo no fukeyukeba
imogashima
katami no ura ni
chidori nakunari | So chill the wind
As the night wears on
At Imogashima,
On Katami Shore
The plovers cry. |
356
月きよみさ夜更行けばいせしまやいちしのうらに千どりなくなり
tsuki kiyomi
sayo fukeyukeba
iseshima ya
ichishi no ura ni
chidori nakunari | Pure the moon
As brief night wears on
At Ise’s isle—
From the shore at Ichishi
The plovers cry. |
355
よをさむみ浦の松風吹きむすびむしあけの波に千鳥なくなり
yo o samumi
ura no matsukaze
fukimusubi
mushiake no nami ni
chidori nakunari | So cold the night, that
The pinewinds on the shore are
Choked in their blowing, as
Upon the waves at Mushiake
The plovers cry. |
354
After numerous people offered poems on plovers by the seashore.
夕づくよみつしほあひのかたを浪なみにしをれてなく千鳥かな
yūzukuyo
mitsu shioai no
kata o nami
nami ni shiorete
naku chidori kana | On a moonlit evening
The swelling tides
Align in the offing,
Weakened by the waves
Are the plovers’ cries! |
353
'Simply moving and elegant'
