Round Eight

Fresh Bracken

Left

さわらびのもえいづる春の夕ぐれは霞のうへに煙立ちけり

sawarabi no moe’izuru haru no yūgure wa kasumi no ue ni keburi tachikeri

Fresh bracken Budding on a spring Evening: Above the haze, Smoke a’rising.

Koshikibu
15

Right

いつしかともえにけるかなさわらびの野辺はいかなるおもひなるらん

itsu shika to moenikeru kana sawarabi no nobe wa ikanaru omoi naruran

So swiftly Has it budded! Fresh bracken In the meadows—what sort of Feelings might it bring?

Shikibu
16