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春といへばかすみにけりなきのふまでなみまに見えしあはぢしま山
| haru to ieba kasuminikeri na kinô made namima ni mieshi awajishima yama |
With word of spring, Indeed, the haze has risen upon- Until yesterday Only glimpsed between the waves- The mountains on Awaji Isle. |
The Monk Shun’e
Composed in a fifty poem sequence at the house of the Monk Prince Shukaku.
おほぞらはむめのにほひにかすみつゝくもりもはてぬ春のよの月
| ôzora wa mume no nioi ni kasumitsutsu kumori mo hatenu haru no yo no tsuki |
In the firmament The scent of plum Is in the spreading haze; The clouds have yet to cover The moon on this spring night. |
Fujiwara no Sada’ie
藤原定家
Composed on the desires of Spring in a village by the water, when the gentlemen of the court were composing Chinese poems and Japanese to match them.
見わたせば山もとかすむみなせがはゆふべはあきとなにおもひけん
| miwataseba yama moto kasumu minasegawa yūbe wa aki to nani omoiken |
When I gaze across The haze-shrouded mountains’ feet, to The river Minase: The evening is Autumn time – I wonder why I felt so… |
The Retired Emperor [Gotoba (1180-1239; r. 1183-1198)]
Composed at the Palace Poetry Competition in the 4th Year of Tentoku (960).
ふるさとは春めきにけりみ吉野の御垣が原をかすみこめたり
| Furusato Fa Farumekinikeri miyosino no mikaki ga Fara wo kazumi kometari |
Around the capital of old Spring is all about. In fair Yoshino Mikaki Field is All covered over with the haze. |
Topic unknown.
春霞たつやおそきと山がはの岩まをくゞるおと聞ゆなり
| Farugasumi tatu ya osoki to yamagaFa no iFa ma wo kuguru oto kikoyu nari |
Spring haze Is no sooner on the rise than from Mountain streams’ Rocks’ cracks dripping Sounds can be heard. |
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部