From among his winter poems.
時雨れつるよひの村雲さえかへりふけ行く風にあられふるなり
shiguretsuru
yoi no murasame
saekaeri
fukeyuku kaze ni
arare furunari | Showering
Tonight the cloudbursts
Bring returning chill and
Amidst the gusting wind
Hailstones fall. |
Ietaka, Junior Second Rank
Winter Poems Twenty Rounds
Left
かきくもりあられふりしけ白玉をしける庭とも人の見るがに
kakikumori
arare furishike
shiratama o
shikeru niwa to mo
hito no miru gani | Clouds rush in
Dropping scattered hailstones;
Pearl
Strewn, my garden
I would that he would see… |
119
Right
天の河ふゆは空までこほるらし石間にたぎつ音だにもせず
ama no kawa
fuyu wa sora made
kōrurashi
iwama ni tagitsu
oto dani mo sezu | The River of Heaven in
Winter: the very skies
Seem frozen, with
Between the rocky crags rushing
No sound at all. |
120
Topic unknown.
さざなみや志賀のからさき風さえてひらのたかねに霰ふるなり
sazanami ya
shiga no karasaki
kaze saete
hira no takane ni
arare furunari | Wavelets wash
Karasaki in Shiga, and
The wind is chill, so
On the high peaks of Hira
The hail must be falling. |
The Hosshōji Lay Priest, former Chancellor and Palace Minister [Fujiwara no Tadamichi]
Topic unknown.
かきくらし霰ふりしけ白玉をしける庭とも人のみるべく
kakikurasi
arare Furisike
siratama wo
sikeru niFa tomo
Fito no mirubeku | All turns dark, as
Hail falls around;
Pearls
Strewn over the grounds where
Folk can gaze upon them. |
Anonymous
A miscellaneous winter poem.
我が袖に霰た走る巻き隠し消たずてあらむ妹が見むため
wa ga sode ni
arare tapasiru
makikakusi
kedazute aramu
imo ga mimu tame | Upon my sleeves
The hailstones strike;
I’ll wrap them and hide them away
That they not melt, and
Show them to my darling. |
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Collection
Dwarf Bamboo 小篠
ふむ人もなき庭に生ふる玉ざさのこたふばかりにふるあられかな
fumu hito mo
naki niwa ni ouru
tamazasa no
kotau bakari ni
arare kana | No folks’ feet tread
Upon these grounds where grows
Bejewelled dwarf bamboo – and
In response comes only
Hailstones! |
Nakazane
Composed on snow.
霰降りいたく風吹き寒き夜や旗野に今夜我が独り寝む
arare puri
itaku kaze puki
samuki yo ya
patano ni koyopi
wa ga pitori nemu |
Hail falls, and
Fiercely blows the wind,
On this night, so cold;
At Hatano, tonight,
Must I sleep alone? |
On thinking sad thoughts.
霰降り遠つ大浦に寄する波よしも寄すとも憎くあらなくに
arare puri
topotu opoura ni
yosuru nami
yosi mo yosu tomo
nikuku aranaku ni |
Hail falls on
Distant Ōura where
Waves do break;
Reason I have, and
Yet I do not despise her… |
A poem composed by Prince Naga, on the occasion of a visit to the Naniwa Palace in Kyōun 3 [707].
霰打 安良礼松原 住吉之 弟日娘与 見礼常不飽香聞
霰打つ安良礼松原住吉の弟日娘女と見れど飽かぬかも
arare utu
ararematubara
sumiyosi no
otoiwotome to
miredo akanu kamo | Hail strikes
Ararematsubara
In Sumiyoshi
A pleasure girl
I see, yet cannot get my fill. |
Prince Naga (?-715)
長皇子
Blankets
ねやのうへにあられたばしる夜半なれどいもとふすまはさえずぞ有りける
neya no ue ni
arare tabashiru
yowa naredo
imo to fusuma wa
saezu zo arikeru | Upon my bedroom
Hail scatters
Late this night, yet
Beneath the covers with my darling
There is no chill, at all! |
Minamoto no Kanemasa
源兼昌
'Simply moving and elegant'