春秋はかはり行くともわたつ海のなかなる島の松ぞ久しき
haru aki wa
kawariyuku tomo
watatsumi no
nakanaru shima no
matsu zo hisashiki | The springs and autumns
May turn on, yet
In the broad sea sweep
Lying, an isle has
Pines eternal. |
691
From among my celebration poems.
ちぢの春よろづの秋にながらへて月と花とを君ぞ見るべき
chiji no haru
yorozu no aki ni
nagaraete
tsuki to hana to o
kimi zo mirubeki | A thousand, thousand springs, and
Ten thousand autumns
Ever will
The moon and blossoms, both,
My Lord surely behold! |
671
'Simply moving and elegant'
