Spiders 蜘蛛
かれのこる軒のあやめをたよりにてくり返しひくくものいとすぢ
| kare nokoru noki no ayame o tayori nite kurikaeshi hiku kumo no itosuji | On the withered remnants of Sweet-flags on my eaves Shall I rely, and Time and time again draw upon The spider’s thread. |
Kanemasa
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Eikyū hyakushu 689
Spiders 蜘蛛
ささがにのしるしもいさやいかならんこよひにてみんくものふるまひ
| sasagani no shirushi mo isa ya ika naruran koyoi nite min kumo no furumai | A tiny crab’s Sign, well, What to make of it? Tonight will I attend to The spider’s behaviour… |
Nakazane
Eikyū hyakushu 676
Flutes 笛
青竹を雲のうへ人ふきたてて春のうぐひすさへづらすなり
| aotake o kumo no uebito fukitatete haru no uguisu saezurasunari | The famed flute, Aotake, by One above the clouds Is played and In spring, the warblers Are inspired to song. |
Toshiyori
Eikyū hyakushu 622
Sages’ Dwellings 仙宮
のりて行くつるの羽風に雲晴れて月もさやけくすむ山べかな
| norite yuku tsuru no hakaze ni kumo harete tsuki mo sayakeku sumu yamabe kana | Carried on The cranes’ wing-breeze, The clouds part and The moon, so bright, and Clear shines on this mountainside! |
Kanemasa
Eikyū hyakushu 522
Lakes 水海
タづくひえがたのうらのいりましに雲すばへしてみのもすすけぬ
| yūzuku hi egata no ura no irimashi ni kumo subaeshite mino mo susukenu | The evening sun Upon the beach-rimmed bay Is setting, while From the clouds a gentle rain does fall Leaving sooty spots upon my raincoat. |
Toshiyori
Eikyū hyakushu 498
Clouds 雲
むらさきの色やまがふと大空にうかべる雲のむつましきかな
| murasaki no iro ya magau to ōzora ni ukaberu kumo no mutsumashiki kana | Are the violet Hues blended through The heavens where The clouds do drift What make them so dear? |
Daishin
Eikyū hyakushu 496
Clouds 雲
ふじの山おりゐる雲は立ちのぼりけぶりのやがてなるにやあるらん
| fuji no yama ori’iru kumo wa tachinobori keburi no yagate naru ni ya aruran | From the mount of Fuji Descending, the clouds Rise again, and At last into smoke Do they turn, I wonder? |
Kanemasa
Eikyū hyakushu 495
Clouds 雲
白雲は雨やみてこそかへりけれはなぞめならばかからましやは
| shirakumo wa ame yamite koso kaerikere hanazome naraba kakaramashi ya wa | From the clouds so white The rain has ceased, and Headed home! Were they but light indigo, then Would they be like this? |
Tadafusa
Eikyū hyakushu 494
Clouds 雲
くちなしの色にたなびくうき雲を雪げの空と誰かみざらん
| kuchinashi no iro ni tanabiku ukigumo o yukige no sora to tare ka mizaran | Scarlet shot through with yellow Hues are the trailing, Drifting clouds, so The tint of snow within the skies Would be glimpsed by no one. |
Toshiyori
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When Spring Arrives in the Old Year 旧年立春
年のうちに春はたちぬとうちつけに雪げの雲を霞とぞみる
| toshi no uchi ni haru wa tachinu to uchitsuke ni yukige no kumo o kasumi to zo miru | Within the old year Spring has come to call and Instantly The snow-scented clouds Seem haze before my eyes! |
Daishin