Inari Pilgrimage (稲荷詣)
おそくとも宿をいでつついなり坂のぼればくだる都人かな
osokutomo
yado o idetsutsu
inarizaka
noboreba kudaru
miyakobito kana | It may be late, yet
Emerging from their lodgings, and
Inari’s hills
They climb, to then descend,
The folk from the capital! |
Kanemasa
The Iwashimizu Special Festival (石清水臨時祭)
をとこ山みねのさくらにもろ人のかざしの花をたぐへてぞみる
otokoyama
mine no sakura ni
morobito no
kazashi no hana o
taguete zo miru | Upon Man-Mountain’s
Peak, cherries
All the many folk
Adorn with blossom
All aligned, I see. |
Kanemasa
New Year Archery
あづさ弓ひくひくたれもいのるらんかたわくけふのくものうへ人
azusayumi
hikuhiku taremo
inoruran
katawaku kyō no
kumo no uebito | A catalpa bow
Drawing and drawing, someone
Is surely praying;
Divided into teams today are
The folk above the clouds. |
Kanemasa
Spring Sun
春の日は杣やまとほき里なれやくれまつほどの心ともなき
haru no hi wa
soma yama tōki
sato nare ya
kure matsu hodo no
kokoro tomonaki | The spring sun: not only do
Timber mountains’ distant
Dwellings
Awaiting dusk
Feel it… |
Kanemasa
Lingering Cold
春風の猶さむしろをかさねばやたびの夜床はさえもこそすれ
harukaze no
nao samushiro o
kasaneba ya
tabi no yodoko wa
sae mo koso sure | The spring wind is
Yet so cold, threadbare blankets
Might I lay on
My journey-bed, but
Feel the chill all the more! |
Kanemasa
Oaks 柞
片岡のをふしまじりにおひしげる柞の小枝はつ紅葉せり
kataoka no
ofushi majiri ni
oishigeru
hahaso no koeda
hatsu momiji seri | On the slopes
Mingled with the brush
Have grown lushh
Branchlets of oak –
Just tinged with autumn hues. |
Kanemasa
源兼昌
Cicadas (蟬)
夏山のならのひろ葉にかくろへてこのもかのもに鳴く蟬のこゑ
natsuyama no
nara no hiroha ni
kakuroete
konomo kanomo ni
naku semi no koe | In the summer mountains
In the broad-leaved oaks
Concealed,
From here and from there
Are the cries of singing cicadas. |
Kanemasa
Heat Haze
雲晴れて天つみ空に遊ぶ糸のよるよる花と見えぬなるらむ
kumo harete
ama tsu misora ni
asobu ito no
yoruyoru hana to
mienu naruramu |
The clouds have cleared, and
In the heavenly skies
The heat haze
Night-blooming blossoms
Does not seem to be! |
Kanemasa
'Simply moving and elegant'