New Year Archery
引きながすたつかの弓の矢をはやみともねにまとのなりかはすかな
hikinagasu
tatsuka no yumi no
ya o hayami
tomone ni mato no
narikawasu kana | Drawing and letting fly, from
My bow’s grip,
An arrow speeds, and
With the snap of bowstring with the target
Becomes one! |
Toshiyori
New Year Archery
はるさればかたやたばさみともねうち我がかつゆみのかずぞかさなる
haru sareba
kataya tabasami
tomone uchi
wa ga katsu yumi no
kazu zo kasanaru | When the spring does come,
An arrow grasped in hand,
Bracers snapping
My victorious bows’
Numbers mount up! |
Nakazane
'Simply moving and elegant'