The Kamo Festival (加茂祭)
めづらしく年に一たびあふひをや神もうれしとみそなはすらん
| mezurashiku toshi ni hito tabi aoi o ya kami mo ureshi to misonawasuran | Strangely But once a year Do the hollyhocks The Gods with pleasure Seem to gaze? |
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Eikyū hyakushu 113
Lingering Warblers (残鶯)
霞しく春くれ竹の風の音に声うちそへてうぐひすぞなく
| kasumi shiku haru kuretake no kaze no oto ni koe uchisoete uguisu zo naku | Haze is spreading At the dusk of spring, amongst the bamboo Whispers of wind Join the song The warbler sings. |
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Eikyū hyakushu 106
Pheasants (雉)
あはれしや焼野にもれしみねのわのむら草かくれ雉鳴くなり
| awareshi ya yakeno ni moreshi mine no wa no murakusa kakure kigisu nakunari | O, how sad! Fled from the fire-burnt fields Around the peak Concealed among the clumps of grass The pheasants are a’crying. |
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Eikyū hyakushu 99
Azaleas (躑躅)
しづのをがかりてはやせるをかつつじわか枝に花のさきにけるかな
| shizu no o ga karite wa yaseru okatsutsuji wakae ni hana no sakinikeru kana | A peasant’s Reaping thins out The azaleas on the hillside; On the new-grown branches do blooms Now blossom out! |
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Eikyū hyakushu 92
Falling Blossom (落花)
谷川にながれて花のうづまくは岩ねがたきの波かとぞみる
| tanikawa ni nagarete hana no uzumaku wa iwane ga taki no nami ka to zo miru | In a mountain stream Flow blossoms In the eddies: Cataracts from the crags Make waves of them, it seems! |
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Eikyū hyakushu 85
Peach Blossom (桃花)
かきごしに枝さしかはす桃の花たれもちとせをかさねてやみん
| kakigoshi ni eda sashikawasu momo no hana tare mo chitose o kasanete ya min | Over the fence do The boughs in profusion thrust; Peach blossoms – Does every one of them a thousand years Seem to bear? |
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Eikyū hyakushu 78
Scarlet Plum (紅梅)
くれなゐのころもの袖に梅の花あかぬ色とやおりかさぬらむ
| kurenai no koromo no sode ni ume no hana akanu iro to ya orikasanuran | Upon a scarlet Robe’s sleeves, Plum blossoms: Can their hue ever sate me, I wonder, folded one atop another? |
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Eikyū hyakushu 71
Blossom not yet in Bloom (未発花)
しら雪とみゆはかりさけ山桜さらば入日にまがひしもせじ
| shirayuki to miyu bakari sake yamazakura saraba irihi ni magaishimoseji | As white snow Simply seem and bloom, O, mountain cherry! Then with the sunset sun Will you not be entangled… |
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Eikyū hyakushu 64
Inari Pilgrimage (稲荷詣)
いなり山しるしの杉をたづねきてあまねく人のかざすけふかな
| inari yama shirushi o sugi o tazunekite amaneku hito o kazasu kyō kana | To Inari Mountain’s Symbol, the cedars Have they paid a visit, All the crowding folk Garlanded today! |
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Eikyū hyakushu 50
The Iwashimizu Special Festival (石清水臨時祭)
山水のながれにうかふ松が枝にかざしの藤をかけてこそみれ
| yamamizu no nagare ni ukabu matsu ga e ni kazashi no fuji o kakete koso mire | Upon a mountain stream’s Swift flow floats A branch of pine Adornments of wisteria Seen dangling there… |
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