Storms 嵐
秋ふかみ木木の紅葉のちるままに声よわり行く山おろしのかぜ
aki fukami
kigi no momiji no
chiru mama ni
koe yowariyuku
yama’oroshi no kaze | Deep in autumn
Scarlet leaves from off the trees
Do fall, and with them
Ever weakening is the voice
Of the wild wind from the mountains. |
Kanemasa
The Moon at Dawn 暁月
いはま行くいさらを川のせはしきにわれてやどれる有明の月
iwama yuku
isaraogawa no
sewashiki ni
warete yadoreru
ariake no tsuki | Rushing through the rocks,
The rivulet runs
So fast that
It splits the resting
Dawntime moon… |
Kanemasa
Autumn Nights 秋夜
秋の夜はながゐの浦による波のかへすがへすそねざめられける
aki no yo wa
nagai no ura ni
yoru nami no
kaesugaesu zo
nezamerarekeru | On an autumn night
Along the bay at Nagai
Waves do rush
Time and time again
Have I lain sleepless… |
Kanemasa
The Night of the 15th of the Eighth Month (八月十五夜)
望月の山のはいづるよそほひにかねてもひかる秋の空かな
mochizuki no
yama no ha izuru
yosōi ni
kanete mo hikaru
aki no sora kana | The full moon
Emerging from the mountains’ edge
Garbs all
Long since has its light
Filled the autumn sky! |
Kanemasa
The Morning after Tanabata (七夕後朝)
あさ風に河なみさわげ一夜づま玉ゆらだにもたちとまるべく
asa kaze ni
kawanami sawage
hito yo zuma
tamayura dani mo
tachitomarubeku | The morning breeze brings
Rowdy ripples to the river；
Wed for but a single night’s
Brief span, yet even that
To an end must come… |
Kanemasa
Autumn Winds 秋風
まくず原紅葉の色のあかつきにうらがなしかる風の音かな
makuzuhara
momiji no iro no
akatsuki ni
uraganashikaru
kaze no oto kana | The arrowroot meadows have
Turned to scarlet hues, and
With the daybreak
How melancholy is
The sound of wind! |
Kanemasa
Water Rails (鼃)
くひなゆゑあけてくやしきつまとかなうらしまかこのはこならなくに
kuina yue
akete kuyashiki
tsumado kana
urashima ga ko no
hako naranaku ni | For a water rail
Did I open, and regret,
My shutters!
Though the lad from Urashima’s
Box they were not! |
Kanemasa
Summer Hunting (夏猟)
ねらひするしづをがさまをさをしかの一村草とみてやよるらん
neraisuru
shizuo ga sama o
saoshika no
hitomurakusa to
mite ya yoruran | Taking aim
As a peasant does,
Do the deer,
Clumped as grass,
Appear to draw near? |
Kanemasa
Summer Insects (夏虫)
くさむらにすむ夏虫は去年の秋くちし下葉のなるにや有るらん
kusamura ni
sumu natsumushi wa
kozo no aki
kuchishi shitaba no
naru ni ya aruran | In clumps of grass
Do dwell the summer insects:
The autumn of yesteryear’s
Withered underleaves
Will they truly become? |
Kanemasa
Avoiding Heat (避暑)
玉だれのみすさわぐまでかへす風よどののうちもすずしかりけり
tamadare no
misu sawagu made
kaesu kaze
yodo no nochi mo
suzushikarikeri | Gem strung
Curtains rattle noisily,
Turned by the wind;
After stillness returns then
All is cool! |
Kanemasa
'Simply moving and elegant'