Composed on returning geese.
はるかすみたつを見すててゆくかりは花なきさとにすみやならへる
| Faru kasumi tatu wo misutete yuku kari Fa Fana naki sato ni sumi ya naraeru | Spring hazes Rising do they ignore – Are the departing geese In dwellings without blossom Accustomed to reside? |
Ise
伊勢
The Kasuga Festival (春日祭)
はるごとにけふいのられて春日山松のさかえもいやまさりなり
| harugoto ni kyō inorarete kasugayama matsu no sakae mo iya masarinari | With each and every spring On this day are prayers made; At Mount Kasuga The flourishing of the pines is Truly fine! |
Akinaka
New Year Archery
霞しくはるのはじめのあづさ弓もろやしつるぞうれしかりける
| kasumishiku haru no hajime no azusayumi moroya shitsuru zo ureshikarikeru | Hazy Spring starts with Catalpa bows; Pairing up my arrows, How happy I am! |
Higo
New Year Archery
はるさればかたやたばさみともねうち我がかつゆみのかずぞかさなる
| haru sareba kataya tabasami tomone uchi wa ga katsu yumi no kazu zo kasanaru | When the spring does come, An arrow grasped in hand, Bracers snapping My victorious bows’ Numbers mount up! |
Nakazane
New Year Archery
はるたてばあづさのま弓ひきつれてみかきの内にまとゐをぞする
| haru tateba azusa no mayumi hikitsurete mikaki no uchi ni matoi o zo suru | With the rise of spring, Fair bows of catalpa Do we draw, and Within the sacred bounds Convivially take aim at targets! |
Akinaka
A poem composed by Prince Shiki.
石走る垂水の上のさわらびの萌え出づる春になりにけるかも
| ipabasiru tarumi no upe no sawarabi no moeiduru paru ni narinikeru kamo | Rock-running, The cataracts, and beside them Flower-fern Has put forth shoots: spring Is here, indeed! |
Prince Shiki (? – 716)
志貴皇子
Spring Sun
ももちどりさへづる春はうらうらとなれども我が身くもりつつのみ
| momochidori saezuru haru wa uraura to naredomo wa ga mi kumoritsutsu nomi | Plovers Chirp; spring’s Soft sunlight Shines, yet I Am ever covered in cloud… |
Nakazane
Lingering Cold
春きては岩まの氷とくべきに冬にもこえてさゆるころかな
| haru kite wa iwama no kōri tokubeki ni fuyu ni mo koete sayuru koro kana | With spring’s coming, when The ice between the crag-cracks Should be melting, Exceeding even winter’s Chill do the days go by! |
Nakazane
Lingering Cold
谷ふかみさこそは雪のきえざらめいかにさゆるぞはるの山ざと
| tani fukami sa koso wa yuki no kiezarame ika ni sayuru zo haru no yamazato | Deep within the valleys Is truly where the snow Never seems to fade; How deep the chill must be In a springtime mountain retreat! |
Akinaka
New Year’s Day
万代の春のはじめの今日しよりつかへまつらむとしにあひつつ
| yorozu yo no haru no hajime no kyō shi yori tsukaematsuramu toshi ni aitsutsu | Ten thousand years of Spring begins From today Shall we serve humbly Greeting the coming year… |
Nakazane