Summer Hunting (夏猟)
夏のたつをぎの葉ずりの風の音にふすののしかはいまやおくらむ
| natsu no tatsu ogi no hazuri no kaze no oto ni fusu no noshika wa ima ya okuran | In summer arises A rustling of the silver-grass with The sound of wind Will the lounging deer upon the plain Now awake, perhaps? |
Akinaka
Cormorant Fishing on the River(鵜河)
う舟おほくくだす時しもたき川にやなくづれして鮎子さわげる
| ubune ōku kudasu toki shimo takigawa ni yana kuzureshite ayuko sawageru | Cormorant boats without number Head downstream; even then In the torrents, Shattering the fish-traps, So raucous are the sweetfish sprats! |
Akinaka
Summer Insects (夏虫)
ともし火の光にすだく夏虫のそむく命をよそにやは見る
| tomoshibi no hikari ni sudaku natsumushi no somuku inochi o yoso ni ya wa miru | In the torches’ Light, the swarming Summer insects’ Abandoning their lives: Do I differ from them at all? |
Akinaka
Avoiding Heat (避暑)
きくにさへすずしく成りぬ若松のもりの木ずゑの秋のしらべに
| kiku ni sae suzushikunarinu wakamatsu no mori no kozue no aki no shirabe ni | Just simply listening Has brought a touch of coolness; The young pines in The forest: their treetops Sing the song of autumn… |
Akinaka
Shade beneath the Trees (樹陰)
道のべの木のした水をむすびつつ夕かげまつぞ久しかりける
| michinobe no ko no shita mizu o musubitsutsu yūkage matsu zo hisashikarikeru | At the roadside Beneath the trees, the water Cupping in my hand, I await the evening shade – It takes so long to come… |
Akinaka
Pinks (瞿麦)
山がつのかきほなれどもなでしこはかはらぬ色をつくしてぞさく
| yamagatsu no kakiho naredomo nadeshiko wa kawaranu iro o tsukshite zo saku | A mountain man’s Fence this is, yet The pinks in Never changing hues do Exhaust themselves in blooming! |
Akinaka
An allusive variation on: KKS XIV: 742 and Genji monogatari 14.
Summer Grasses (夏草)
しづのめに小萩摘みてし春ののに夏は草ねを分けてやどりぬ
| shizu no me ni ohagi tsumiteshi haru no no ni natsu wa kusane o wakete yadorinu | A peasant girl Has picked fresh bush clover In the springtime fields, where In summer, to sleep among the grasses Have I parted them and found lodging. |
Akinaka
Summer Garb (夏衣)
ぬきうすみおれる衣のいかなればたもとに風を猶へだつらん
| nukiusumi oreru koromo no ikanareba tamoto ni kaze o nao hedatsuran | Weft so thinly Woven garb – What to make of it? Will the sleeves, to the wind Yet provide a barrier? |
Akinaka
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? |
Akinaka
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. |
Akinaka