夜を寒み河瀬にうかぶ水のあわのきえあへぬ程に氷りしにけり
yo o samumi
kawase ni ukabu
mizu no awa no
kie’aenu hodo ni
kōrishinikeri | The night so cold
On the river-rapids the floating
Water foam
Has no time to vanish before
‘Tis frozen solid. |
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みそぎする河せにくれぬ夏の日の入逢のかねのその声により
misogisuru
kawase ni kurenu
natsu no hi no
iriai no kane no
sono koe ni yori | Lustrations
At the river rapids in the twilight
Of a summer’s day with
The sunset bell’s
Toll marking time. |
Composed on kerria.
玉もかるゐでのしがらみ春かけて咲くや河せのやまぶきのはな
tamamo karu
ide no shigarami
haru kakete
saku ya kawase no
yamabuki no hana | Reaping gemweed
From the weirs at Ide—
Have they captured spring, that
Flowering on the river rapids are
Kerria blossom? |
Created with Soan.
Composed on the conception of hawking.
かりくらしかたののましば折敷きてよどのかはせの月をみるかな
karikurashi
katano no mashiba
orishikite
yodo no kawase no
tsuki o miru kana | While hunting night has fallen, so
In Katano brushwood
I’ll break and spread around, then
In the Yodo’s rapids
I’ll gaze upon the moon! |
Kinhira, Middle Captain of the Inner Palace Guards, Left Division
Created with Soan.
Boats 船
水あさみ川せの波はたつものをくだすう舟のみつや何なる
mizu asami
kawase no nami wa
tatsu mono o
kudasu ubune no
mitsu ya ika naru | How shallow the waters in
The river rapids where waves
Arise –
What will become of the cormorant boats, sailing down
If they be full? |
Tadafusa
年ごとに鮎しはしれば沢田川鵜やつかつけて川瀬たづねむ
toshigoto ni
ayu shi hashireba
sawadagawa
u yatsu kazukete
kawase tazunemu |
Every year
When the sweetfish run so swift,
At Sawada River
The cormorants do gather, and
Sport among the river rapids! |
'Simply moving and elegant'
