Lingering Warblers (残鶯)
残りなく春の日かずは過ぎぬれどなほ鶯ぞたえずおとなふ
| nokorinaku haru no hikazu wa suginuredo nao uguisu zo taezu otonau | Not one remains Of the numbered days of spring; They are past, and yet Still the warbler Endlessly sings on. |
Higo
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Pheasants (雉)
あふことのかたののきぎすつま恋にむべほろほろとたちゐ鳴くらん
| au koto no katano no kigisu tsumagoi ni mube horohoro to tachi’i nakuran | To meet at Katano, the pheasants, For mates a’yearning, Do, indeed, hoarsely Seem to cry, starting into flight. |
Higo
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Azaleas (躑躅)
東路やつつじのをかをきてみればあかものすそに色ぞつたへる
| azumaji ya tsutsuji no oka o kitemireba akamo no suso ni iro zo tsutaeru | On Eastland paths Azalea covered hills Have I come to see, so of Scarlet-skirted slopes’ Hues will I tell. |
Higo
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Falling Blossom (落花)
庭もせにちりしく花のしろければ雪ふるとしの心ちこそすれ
| niwamose ni chirishiku hana no shirokereba yuki furu toshi no kokochi koso sure | My narrow strip of ground, Spread with drifts of blossom Is so white, that This year snow has fallen Do I truly feel! |
Higo
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Peach Blossom (桃花)
我がそのの桃のはつ花さきにけりみちよすぐべき春のしるしか
| wa ga sono no momo no hatsuhana sakinikeri michiyo sugubeki haru no shirushi ka | In my garden The first peach blossoms Have bloomed! Can three thousand generations have passed Afore this symbol of spring? |
Higo
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Scarlet Plum (紅梅)
たぐひなきかをりにそへていとどしくくれなゐふかくにほふ梅かな
| taguinaki kaori ni soete itodoshiku kurenai fukaku niou ume kana | Peerless, The scent brushes by, and Eventually, With deep scarlet Glows the plum! |
Higo
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Blossom not yet in Bloom (未発花)
何ゆゑか春をばまたで山ざくら心もとなくにほふはなかな
| nani yue ka haru oba matade yamazakura kokoromotonaku niou hana kana | Why is it that for Spring you have not waited, O, mountain cherry? Uneasily The blossoms gleam… |
Higo
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The Iwashimizu Special Festival (石清水臨時祭)
きみがよののどけきかげをくみみれば流たえせぬ石清水かな
| kimi ga yo no nodokeki kage o kumi mireba nagare taesenu iwashimizu kana | When, My Lord, your reign’s Calm light I gather all together, in my sight is The endless current Of Iwashimizu. |
Higo
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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
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Spring Dawn
あづさ弓はるかにみれば山のはによこ雲わたるあけぼののそら
| azusayumi haruka ni mireba yama no ha ni yokogumo wataru akebono no sora | A catalpa bow Seen in the distance: Across the mountains’ edge Trail streaks of cloud in The sky at dawn. |
Higo