Clouds 雲
ふじの山おりゐる雲は立ちのぼりけぶりのやがてなるにやあるらん
fuji no yama
ori’iru kumo wa
tachinobori
keburi no yagate
naru ni ya aruran | From the mount of Fuji
Descending, the clouds
Rise again, and
At last into smoke
Do they turn, I wonder? |
Kanemasa
Clouds 雲
白雲は雨やみてこそかへりけれはなぞめならばかからましやは
shirakumo wa
ame yamite koso
kaerikere
hanazome naraba
kakaramashi ya wa | From the clouds so white
The rain has ceased, and
Headed home!
Were they but light indigo, then
Would they be like this? |
Tadafusa
Clouds 雲
くちなしの色にたなびくうき雲を雪げの空と誰かみざらん
kuchinashi no
iro ni tanabiku
ukigumo o
yukige no sora to
tare ka mizaran | Scarlet shot through with yellow
Hues are the trailing,
Drifting clouds, so
The tint of snow within the skies
Would be glimpsed by no one. |
Toshiyori
Clouds 雲
まぢかくてめなれし身にもありふればとほざかり行くみねの白雲
majikakute
menareshi mi ni mo
arifureba
tōzakariyuku
mine no shirakumo | Close together and
Familiar were we – that
Is normal, when
Growing ever distant are
The white clouds o’er the peaks… |
Nakazane
Clouds 雲
たかまどの山に八重たつしら雲はそらにたなびく心ちこそすれ
takamado no
yama ni yae tatsu
shirakumo wa
sora ni tanabiku
kokochi koso sure | Above Takamato
Mountain, eightfold rise
The clouds so white:
Trailing across the skies
Is how I feel I am! |
Akinaka
When Spring Arrives in the Old Year 旧年立春
年のうちに春はたちぬとうちつけに雪げの雲を霞とぞみる
toshi no uchi ni
haru wa tachinu to
uchitsuke ni
yukige no kumo o
kasumi to zo miru | Within the old year
Spring has come to call and
Instantly
The snow-scented clouds
Seem haze before my eyes! |
Daishin
Gosechi 五節
ふみもみぬ雲のかけはし外にのみあまつをとめのきき渡るかな
fumi mo minu
kumo no kakehashi
soto ni nomi
ama tsu otome no
kikiwataru kana | Their tread hidden by
The spanning bridge of clouds;
Simply from afar
The heavenly maidens do
I hear crossing! |
Tadafusa
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
When he was instructed by His Majesty to compose a poem, he composed this and presented it.
桜花さきにけらしもあしひきの山の峡よりみゆる白雲
sakurabana
sakinikerashi mo
asiFiki no
yama no kaFi yori
miyuru sirakumo | The cherry blossom
Seems to have bloomed, and from
The leg-wearying
Mountain passes
Appears white billowing clouds. |
Tsurayuki
New Year Archery
あづさ弓ひくひくたれもいのるらんかたわくけふのくものうへ人
azusayumi
hikuhiku taremo
inoruran
katawaku kyō no
kumo no uebito | A catalpa bow
Drawing and drawing, someone
Is surely praying;
Divided into teams today are
The folk above the clouds. |
Kanemasa
'Simply moving and elegant'