On blossom.
花にあそぶ虻なくらひそ友雀
| hana ni asobu abu na kurai so tomo suzume |
Among the blossoms frolic Horseflies–don’t eat them up O, friendly sparrow! |
(Spring 1688)
Tag Archives: hana
hana ni uki yo
On blossom.
花にうき世我酒白く飯黒し
| hana ni uki yo wa ga sake shiroku meshi kuroshi |
Amid the blossoms’ joy a cruel world: My wine is cloudy and My rice unmilled. |
(1682)
oranda mo
On blossom.
阿蘭陀も花に來にけり馬に鞍
| oranda mo hana ni kinikeri uma ni kura |
The Dutchmen too, Have come to see the blossom; Saddling their steeds. |
(1679)
SKKS XVII: 1619
Topic unknown.
よしの山やがていでじとおもふ身を花ちりなばと人やまつらん
| yoshino yama yagate ideji to omou mi o hana chirinaba hito ya matsuran |
O, Yoshino Mountain! I would not leave you now, I feel, yet Should your flowers fall, I wonder, would she wait for me… |
The Monk Saigyō
西行
SKKS XVI: 1471
Topic unknown.
世中をおもへばなべてちる花のわが身をさてもいづちかもせん
| yo no naka o omoeba nabete chiru hana no wa ga mi o sate mo izuchi ka mo sen |
When, on this world of ours I think, all is as Scattered blossom; Of me, in the end What is to become, I wonder? |
The Monk Saigyō
西行
SKKS XVI: 1468
From a hundred poem sequence at the same house.
てる月も雲のよそにぞゆきめぐる花ぞこのよのひかりなりける
| teru tsuki mo kumo no yoso ni zo yuki meguru hana zo kono yo no hikari narikeru |
The shining moon Beyond the clouds Makes its way; ‘Tis blossom that to this world Give light. |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office Toshinari
藤原俊成
SKKS XVI: 1467
From the Poetry Contest a the home of the Lay-Priest and former Regent and Grand Minister.
春くればなをこのよこそしのばるれいつかはかゝる花をみるべき
| haru kureba nao kono yo koso shinobarure itsu ka wa kakaru hana o mirubeki |
When spring is here, Once again this world I do recall with longing; O, when such flowers Shall I see again? |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office Toshinari
藤原俊成
SKKS XVI: 1466
A blossom poem, composed in a hundred poem sequence after leaving the world.
いまはわれよしのゝ山の花をこそやどの物とも見るべかりけれ
| ima wa ware yoshino no yama no hana o koso yado no mono tomo mirubekarikere |
Now I, Yoshino mountain’s Blooms As my dwelling’s I would see. |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office Toshinari
藤原俊成
SKKS XVI: 1459
Together with Prince Atsumichi, she went to the house of former Major Councillor Kintô and, on the following day, sent this via the messenger sent by the Prince.
おる人のそれなるからにあぢきなく見しわがやどの花のかぞする
| oru hito no sore naru kara ni ajikinaku mishi wa ga yado no hana no ka zo suru |
The one who plucked it Was you, so As something trifling Was it seen at my house Scented with the flowers’ fragrance. |
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部
SKKS XVI: 1455
Composed at the Imperial Bodyguards’ Headquarters, when the gentlemen of the court went blossom viewing at the palace, after the new year had been here for some time.
春をへてみゆきになるゝ花のかげふりゆく身をもあはれとや思
| haru o hete miyuki ni naruru hana no kage furiyuku mi o mo aware to ya omou |
Spring passes and The royal visit’s here – a blizzard Of blossom shading, Falling – and me ageing – Do you think of me kindly? |
Fujiwara no Sada’ie
藤原定家