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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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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The Kasuga Festival (春日祭)
はるごとにけふいのられて春日山松のさかえもいやまさりなり
| harugoto ni kyō inorarete kasugayama matsu no sakae mo iya masarinari | With each and every spring On this day are prayers made; At Mount Kasuga The flourishing of the pines is Truly fine! |
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Spring Dawn
あまの戸をほのかにあけて弛屋の野の霞と友に立ちぞやすらふ
| ama no to o honoka ni akete koya no no no kasumi to tomo ni tachi zo yasurau | The door to Heaven Opens but a bit, and On the plains at Koya In company with the misty haze Do I hesitate to rise. |
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Spring Sun
おもへどもむかしの秋のかなしさはつきせざりける春の日くらし
| omoedomo mukashi no aki no kanashisa wa tsukisezarikeru haru no higurashi | I feel it, yet Ancient autumns’ Sadness Does not seem to end With a springtime sunset… |
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Heat Haze
うち乱れすめるみ空の遊ぶ糸に天の川瀬のみつを日かはや
| uchimidare sumeru misora no asobu ito ama no kawase no mitsu o hi ka wa ya |
Confusing The clear skies is The heat-haze: The rapids of the river of heaven Roused by the sun, perhaps? |
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