New Year Archery
あづさ弓はるの日ぐらしもろ人のよに入るまでもあそびつるかな
| azusayumi haru no higurashi morobito no yo ni iru made mo asobitsuru kana | Catalpa bows At sundown in springtime Many folk, ‘Til night covers all, will Disport themselves! |
Daishin
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Eikyū hyakushu 21
Spring Sun
わたつうみのうらうらてらす春の日にあまもみるめをかりやほすらむ
| wata tsu umi no uraura terasu haru no hi ni ama mo mirume o kari ya hosuramu | Across the broad sea sweep Softly shines The spring sun upon the Fisherfolk, seaweed Reaping, but would it dry? |
Daishin
Eikyū hyakushu 7
New Year’s Day
もろ人の花見む春のはじめとや今日は思ひのひらけぬるかな
| morobito no hana mimu haru no hajime to ya kyō wa omoi no hirakenuru kana | For crowds of folk Does blossom viewing springtime Begin, I wonder? Today such thoughts Have opened up! |
Daishin
Eikyū hyakushu 392
Blankets
重ねねば寒げなりけり冬の夜に独衾は風もとまらず
| kasaneneba samuge narikeri fuyu no yo ni hitori fusuma kaze mo tomarazu | If I fail to pile them high, How cold I feel! On a winter’s night A single sheet And a never-ending draft! |
Daishin, Lady-in-Waiting from the Rokujō Palace
六条院女房大進
Eikyū hyakushu 378
Brushwood
位山峰の椎柴年経ともうつろふ色はあらじとそ思ふ
| kuraiyama mine no shiishiba toshi futomo utsurou iro wa araji to zo omou | On Kurai Mountain, The brushwood on the peak: Though the years do pass Of fading hues There is no sign, I feel! |
Daishin, Lady-in-Waiting from the Rokujō Palace
六条院女房大進
Eikyū hyakushu 252
The Ninth Day of the Ninth Month
老い果てて露のしるしもなき身にはなほや折りてむ九月の菊
| oihatete tsuyu no shirushi mo nakimi ni wa nao ya oritemu nagatsuki no kiku |
Greatly aged, The dew is a sign of What is gone; Should I yet pick A chrysanthemum in the Ninth Month? |
Daishin
大進
Eikyū hyakushu 28
Spring Dawn
花盛り心も空にあくがれておきゐてぞ見る春の曙
| hana sakari kokoro mo sora ni akugarete oki’ite zo miru haru no akebono |
The blossoms are profuse, and My heart to the skies Is drawn, Resting my gaze This spring dawn. |
Daishin
Eikyū hyakushu 35
Heat Haze
徒然とのどけき空に遊ぶ糸を我よりほかに人や見るらむ
| tsurezure to nodokeki sora ni asobu ito o ware yori hoka ni hito ya miruramu |
Idly Upon the tranquil skies’ Heat haze Other than myself Does anyone gaze, I wonder? |
Daishin