Falling Blossom (落花)
まこちふくはなのあたりの木のしもは時ぞともなき雪ぞふりける
| makochi fuku hana no atari no ko no shimo wa toki zo tomonaki yuki zo furikeru | Straight from the east blows the wind, Striking the blossoms lying Round the treetrunks; Out of season Has snow fallen! |
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Scarlet Plum (紅梅)
くれなゐにさきかさなれる梅の花新羅にやりて何にならへん
| kurenai ni sakikasanareru ume no hana shiragi ni yarite nani ni narahen | In scarlet Sprays do bloom Plum blossom: Sent to Silla To what might they compare? |
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Blossom not yet in Bloom (未発花)
春くれど野べのかすみにつつまれて花のゑまひの口びるもみず
| haru kuredo nobe no kasumi ni tsutsumarete hana no emai no kuchibiru mo mizu | Spring has come, yet The meadows with haze Are bound, and The blossoms’ smiling Lips I cannot see… |
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Inari Pilgrimage (稲荷詣)
いなり山しるしの杉を春がすみたなびきつるるけふにも有るかな
| inari yama shirushi o sugi o harugasumi tanabikitsururu kyō ni mo aru kana | Inari Mountain’s Symbol, the cedars with Springtime haze Are tangled On this day, as well! |
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The Path Across the Shiga Mountains (志賀山越)
春がすみたなびく山の山の井にかけみるさへもあさましきかな
| harugasumi tanabiku yama no yama no i ni kage miru sae mo asamashiki kana | Spring hazes Trail across the peaks, where In a mountain spring I glimpse a human form – How startling! |
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The Iwashimizu Special Festival (石清水臨時祭)
男山かざしの花も春なればをみのころももかはるけふかな
| otokoyama kazashi no hana mo haru nareba omi no koromo mo kawaru kyō kana | When Man-Mountain is Decked with blossom In springtime, Festive garb, too, is Donned today! |
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The Kasuga Festival (春日祭)
あめのしたたえずぞ君はさかゆべき御笠の山の神をまつれば
| ame no shita taezu zo kimi wa sakayubeki mikasa no yama no kami o matsureba | Beneath the heavens Endlessly, my Lord Shall you flourish! Upon Mount Mikasa Celebrating the gods… |
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Spring Sun
ももちどりさへづる春はうらうらとなれども我が身くもりつつのみ
| momochidori saezuru haru wa uraura to naredomo wa ga mi kumoritsutsu nomi | Plovers Chirp; spring’s Soft sunlight Shines, yet I Am ever covered in cloud… |
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Lingering Cold
春きては岩まの氷とくべきに冬にもこえてさゆるころかな
| haru kite wa iwama no kōri tokubeki ni fuyu ni mo koete sayuru koro kana | With spring’s coming, when The ice between the crag-cracks Should be melting, Exceeding even winter’s Chill do the days go by! |
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夏草のしげみにかくる勢子縄にもるるを鹿にあひはづれつつ
| natsu kusa no shigemi ni kakuru sekonawa ni moruru oshika ni aihazuretsutsu |
The summer grasses’ Lush growth conceals The hunters’ snares: Avoiding them, the stags All are growing distant… |
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仲実