Falling Blossom (落花)
のこりなくなぞやちるらむ桜花をしまれぬ身もあれば有る世に
| nokorinaku nazo ya chiruran sakurabana oshimarenu mi mo areba aru yo ni | With not a single one remaining Why do you scatter so, O, cherry blossom? How I do regret that I Must live on in such a world! |
Daishin
Peach Blossom (桃花)
みちよへん春をしれと桃の花君がそのにぞまづさきにける
| michiyo hen haru o shire tote momo no hana kimi ga sono ni zo mazu sakinikeri | Three thousand generations have passed, it seems; ‘Realise ‘tis spring!’ say The peach blossoms, In my Lord’s garden Have they bloomed first! |
Daishin
Scarlet Plum (紅梅)
色もかもめづらしきかなくれなゐにいまさらそむる梅の初花
| iro mo kamo mezurashiki kana kurenai ni ima sara somuru ume no hatsuhana | Even their hue Is sweetly precious! With scarlet Just now are dyed The first blooms of plum. |
Daishin
Blossom not yet in Bloom (未発花)
はなとみてたづねきつれば吉野山人ばかりなるみねの白雲
| hana tomite tazunekitsureba yoshino yama hito bakari naru mine no shirakumo | The blossoms riches Have I come to visit, so Yoshino Mountain Is filled with folk among The cloud-capped peaks. |
Daishin
Inari Pilgrimage (稲荷詣)
いなり山しるしの杉をたづねつつゆふかけてこそかへりきにけれ
| inari yama shirushi no sugi o tazunetsutsu yū kakete kozo kaerikinikeri | On Inari Mountain to The symbolic cedars Have I ever made my visits, and Hang them with sacred cords, then Returned to my home. |
Daishin
The Iwashimizu Special Festival (石清水臨時祭)
石清水かざしの花のさしながらいのる心はくみてしるらむ
| iwashimizu kazashi no hana no sashinagara inoru kokoro wa kumite shiruramu | At Iwashimizu Adorning blossom Thrust in our hair Hearts in prayer Gathered all together know. |
Daishin
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
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
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
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