いづみ川ははその杜に鳴く蝉のこゑのすめるは夏のふかきか
izumigawa
hahaso no mori ni
naku semi no
koe no sumeru wa
natsu no fukaki ka | By the Izumi River,
In the forest of chestnut oaks
The singing cicadas’
Songs are so clear—
Is this the depths of summer? |
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Groves 原
谷おろしの風しやみねばよとともにおきつがはらにくぬぎ波だつ
tani’oroshi no
kaze shi yamineba
yo to tomo ni
okitsu ga hara ni
kunugi namidatsu | From down the valley
The breeze has ceased, so now
With the fall of night
Across plain at Okitsu
Waves run through the chestnut oaks. |
Akinaka
'Simply moving and elegant'
