Falling Blossom (落花)
さくら花ちりぬる宿の庭の面はみにこし人の跡だにもなし
| sakurabana chirinuru yado no niwa no omowa minikoshi hito no ato dani mo nashi | Cherry blossom Has fallen at my home; The grounds, of Visiting folk Show not a single trace… |
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Eikyū hyakushu 88
Peach Blossom (桃花)
さきにけりいはゐの水にかげ見えてみちとせになるももの初花
| sakinikeri iwai no mizu ni kage miete michitose ni naru momo no hatsuhana | They have bloomed! In the celebratory waters Does their form appear – After three thousand years The first peach blossoms… |
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Eikyū hyakushu 81
Scarlet Plum (紅梅)
にほふかもなつかしきかなわぎもこが衣にそむるくれなゐの梅
| niou kamo natsukashiki kana wagimoko ga koromo ni somuru kurenai no ume | Of their sheen I am most fond! My darling’s Robes, dyed with Scarlet plum. |
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Blossom not yet in Bloom (未発花)
おぼつかなぬひのとぢめやまたからんまたほころびぬ山桜かな
| obotsukana nui no tojime ya mata karan mata hokorobinu yamazakura kana | How strange! Has the sewing stopped? Once more cut out; Once more unpicked, are The mountain cherries! |
Tadafusa
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Inari Pilgrimage (稲荷詣)
いなり山さかしくとまる心かなみな杉の葉をふける庵に
| inari yama sakashiki tomaru kokoro kana mina sugi no ha o fukeru iori ni | Inari Mountain, Sacred, stops My heart! All with cedar needles are The huts a’thatched. |
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Eikyū hyakushu 53
The Iwashimizu Special Festival (石清水臨時祭)
春ごとにすみもまさなんいはし水かざしの花のかげさやにみん
| haru goto ni sumi mo masanan iwashimizu kazashi no hana no kage sayanimin | Each and every spring Ink grows darker at Iwashimizu, so The adorning blossoms’ Glow seems all the brighter. |
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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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Eikyū hyakushu 39
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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Eikyū hyakushu 32
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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