New Year Archery
はるたてばあづさのま弓ひきつれてみかきの内にまとゐをぞする
haru tateba
azusa no mayumi
hikitsurete
mikaki no uchi ni
matoi o zo suru | With the rise of spring,
Fair bows of catalpa
Do we draw, and
Within the sacred bounds
Convivially take aim at targets! |
Akinaka
Topic unknown.
うばたまのよのふけゆけばひさぎおふるきよきかはらにちどりなく也
ubatama no
yo no fukeyukeba
hisagi ōru
kiyoki kawara ni
chidori naku nari |
Lily-seed dark,
The night grows deeper, and
Where the catalpa trees grow
Along the clean-swept river banks
The plovers are calling. |
[Yamabe no] Akahito
山部赤人
Topic unknown.
ひさぎおふる澤邊の茅原冬くればひばりの床ぞあらはれにける
Fisagi oFuru
saFabe no tiFara
Fuyu kureba
Fibari no toko zo
araFarenikeru |
Catalpa grows
By the marshside thatch-reed beds;
With Winter
Skylark nests
Have appeared. |
Sone no Yoshitada
曾禰好忠
'Simply moving and elegant'