Kindling 薪
ま柴かるかりばのをのに雪ふりてつま木になづむ遠の里人
| mashiba karu kariba no ono ni yuki furite tsumagi ni nazumu tō no satobito | The brushwood is withered In the hunting grounds, where The snow has fallen; As fond of kindling as he is of his wife, That distant villager. |
Akinaka
Gosechi 五節
をとめ子が雲のうへにて袖ふれば日影にまがふあまの羽衣
| otomego ga kumo no ue nite sode fureba hikage ni magau ama no hagoromo | The maidens are Above the clouds Sleeves waving, so Indistinguishable from sunlight are Their heavenly gossamer robes! |
Akinaka
First Snow 初雪
さらぬだに人もとひこぬ山ざとにあやにくなれやけさの初雪
| saranu dani hito mo toikonu yamazato ni ayaniku nare ya kesa no hatsuyuki | Of no account at all, and Not visited by a single soul is This mountain home, so Is it unexpected that The first snow falls here this morn? |
Akinaka
Crickets 蛬
露すがるをざさが下のきりぎりすみだれてかかるねをや鳴くらん
| tsuyu sugaru ozasa ga shita no kirigirisu midarete kakaru ne o ya nakuran | Dewdrops all dried from Broad-leaved bamboo, where beneath Do the crickets Caught up in confusion Cry out their songs? |
Akinaka
Bell Crickets 鈴虫
すずむしの声をすずかと聞くからに草とるたかぞ思ひしらるる
| suzumushi no koe o suzu ka to kiku kara ni kusa toru taka zo omoishiraruru | Is the bell crickets’ Cry a chime, I wonder Hearing them, and A hawk hunting ‘mong the grasses Comes to mind. |
Akinaka
Pine Crickets 松虫
たのめつつこぬつらさにぞ夜もすがらいまやいまやと松虫の声
| tanometsutsu konu tsurasa ni zo yomosugara ima ya ima ya to matsumushi no koe | Ever expectant, but How cruel this is! All through the night Wondering if ‘tis now Pining with the crickets’ song… |
Akinaka
Autumn Mountains 秋山
都人きてもみよかし時雨つつうつろふ山の秋の気色を
| miyakobito kitemo miyo kashi shiguretsutsu utsurou yama no aki no keshiki o | O, capital folk, Should you come, then behold! In the ever drizzling rain The glistening mountains’ Autumn sights! |
Akinaka
Scented Grasses 草香
峰におへばむら雲おちく草の香あさきすそ野ぞともやたばさめ
| mine ni oeba muragumo ochiku kusa no kō asaki susono zo tomo ya tabasame | When o’erlaying the peaks, The crowding clouds come rolling down; The grasses’ scent is Faint along the skirting foothills – Might I grasp both together? |
Akinaka
Reaped Rice Fields 稂田
谷ふかみそこの狭井にいほりしてまれにぞたてるひつちだのいね
| tani fukami soko no semai ni iorishite mare ni zo tateru hitsuchida no ine | Deep within the valley, In the shallow waters there Does dwell The odd upright Ricelet in the stubble. |
Akinaka
Storms 嵐
袖かはす人もなき身をいかにせむ夜さむの里に嵐吹くなり
| sode kawasu hito mo naki mi o ika n isemu yo samu no sato ni arashi fuku nari | To share sleeves with Have I no one at all – O, what am I to do? Cold at night within these walls While the storm winds rage around… |
Akinaka