The Kasuga Festival (春日祭)
まつらるる神の御前の乙女子も花もひもとくかすがやまかな
| matsuraruru kami no mimae no otomego mo hana mo himo mo toku kasugayama kana | Worshipping Before the gods The maidens Blossom and belts both undo Upon Mount Kasuga! |
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New Year Archery
九重のうちにいるてふあづさ弓はるかに雲のほかにきくかな
| kokonoe no uchi ni iru chō azusayumi haruka ni kumo no hoka ni kiku kana | Within the ninefold Palace walls we are today; Catalpa bows – Other than the distant clouds Who might hear them! |
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Heat Haze
しづけくて吹きくる風もなき空にみだれてあそぶいとぞみえける
| shizukekute fukikuru kaze mo naki sora ni midarete asobu ito zo miekeru | Even a gently Blowing breeze Is absent from the skies, where A playful tangled Thread of haze appears. |
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Lingering Cold
雪きえぬあをばの山のあをつづら春はくれども猶さむきかな
| yuki kienu aoba no yama no aotsuzura haru no kuredomo nao samuki kana | The snow lingers on The green-leaved mountains, where The young moonseed, Though spring has come, Will yet be so cold! |
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New Year’s Day
うちなびき今日立ちかへるとしなみのよらぬみぎははあらじとぞ思ふ
| uchinabiki kyō tachikaeru toshinami no yoranu migiwa wa araji to zo omou | Drifting along, Today breaks The year’s wave – An untouched shore Shall there be none, I feel! |
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Spring Dawn
憂きことのまぎるる年もなけれども眺められける春の曙
| uki koto no magiruru toshi mo nakeredomo nagamerarekeru haru no akebono |
With sad events Occupied this year Is not, yet, What I have gazed upon is The dawn in spring. |
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