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
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
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
Falling Leaves
濡色の錦を庭に敷くものは時雨に競ふ紅葉なりけり
| nure’iro no nishiki o niwa ni shiku mono wa shigure ni kiou momiji narikeri | Damp dark the hues Of brocade upon the grounds: Spread by A struggle with the showers Are scarlet leaves. |
Higo, from the Residence of the Kyōgoku Regent
京極関白家肥後
Sleet
冬寒み風もとまらぬ山里にいとど霙ぞ降りまさりける
| fuyu samumi kaze mo tomaranu yamazato ni itodo mizore zo furimasarikeru |
How cold the winter With unending wind Round my mountain home, where The sleet ever Stronger falls. |
Higo, from the Resisdence of the Kyōgoku Regent
京極関白家肥後
玉鉾の朝行く道の小笹原わくるもす裾に霜冴えにけり
| tamahoko no asa yuku michi no ozasawara wakuru mo suso ni shimo saenikeri |
Jewelled-spear straight My morning’s path through The groves of young broad-leaved bamboo; Forging through upon my hem How chill lies the frost! |
Higo
The Ninth Day of the Ninth Month
折る菊の露に濡れぬる今日よりや千年の秋に逢はむとすらむ
| oru kiku no tsuyu ni nurenuru kyō yori ya chitose no aki ni awamu to suramu |
Picked chrysanthemums’ Dew dampens us Today – will we For a thousand years of autumns Decide to meet together? |
Higo, from the Residence of the Kyōgoku Regent
京極関白家肥後
薄く濃きおなじ梢の柞原分きて時雨の降るにやあるらむ
| usuku koki onaji kozue no hahasowara wakite shigure no furu ni ya aruramu |
First faint, then clear, The selfsame treetops of The oaks Divided, in the showers’ Fall do seem… |
Higo
京極関白家肥後
山里の葎の垣に這ふ蔦の色にて秋の深きをぞ知る
| yamazato no mugura no kaki ni hau tsuta no iro nite aki no fukaki wo zo shiru |
Upon this moutain hut’s Weed-tangled fence Trails ivy: Its hue autumn’s Depth does reveal! |
Higo
京極関白家肥後
里遠み山田の庵は稲妻の光のもるをともと見るかな
| sato tōmi yamada no io wa inazuma no hikari no moru o tomo to miru kana |
Far from home In the mountain fields a hut By lightning’s Light is drenched, Which we watch together. |
Higo, from the Residence of the Kyōgoku Regent
京極関白家肥後