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まきもくのひばらのいまだくもらねば小松が原にあは雪ぞふる
makimoku no
hibara mo imada
kumoraneba
komatsu ga hara ni
awayuki zo furu | In Makimoku
The cypress groves are as yet
Unclouded, but
Upon the dwarf-pine groves
Snow spume is falling! |
Middle Counsellor Yakamochi
Created with Soan.
巻向之 檜原毛未 雲居者 子松之末由 沫雪流
まきむくのひはらもいまだくもゐねばこまつがうれゆあわゆきながる
makimuku no
pibara mo imada
kumowineba
komatu ga ure yu
apayuki nagaru | In Makimuku
The cypress groves are as yet
Untouched by cloud, but
From the dwarf-pines’ tops
Snow spume oes run. |
Lakes 水海
さざなみや小松にたちてみわたせばみほのみさきにたづむれて行く
sazanami ya
komatsu ni tachite
miwataseba
mio no misaki ni
tazu mureteyuku | Rocked by wavelets
Breaking on the dwarf-pines
I gaze across
Fair Mio point upon
The flocking cranes. |
Nakazane
A poem composed on the occasion of the Imperial visit to the province of Ki in the first year of Taihō [701].
後見むと君が結べる磐代の小松がうれをまたも見むかも
noti mimu to
kimi ga musuberu
ipasiro no
komatu ga ure wo
mata mo mimu kamo | Thinking to see it more
The Prince did tie
At Iwashiro
Pine saplings’ tips –
I wonder, will he see them more… |
This poem appears in the Kakinonomoto no Hitomaro Collection.
On autumn: when celebrating with Tōkei at Onagisawa.
秋に添て行ばや末は小松川
aki ni sōte
yukaba ya sue wa
komatsu gawa |
Along with autumn
If I were to go, at the end would be
The Komatsu River! |
(1692)
'Simply moving and elegant'
