The Kamo Festival (加茂祭)
ひきつれてわたる気色をきてみればいつきぞ神の飾なりける
| hikitsurete wataru keshiki o kite mireba itsuki zo kami no kazari narikeru | Drawn by The broad prospect I have come to see; Purity it is, the Gods Does garland. |
Toshiyori
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Eikyū hyakushu 115
Lingering Warblers (残鶯)
けふさらば鳴きつくしてよ鶯の春ののちには誰かしのばん
| kyō saraba nakitsukushite yo uguisu no haru no nochi ni wa tare ka shinoban | As this day has come Exhaust yourself with song! A warbler When spring is gone – Who will recall you then? |
Toshiyori
Eikyū hyakushu 108
Pheasants (雉)
いとどしくおのがありかをやるいぬをここにありとやとりの鳴くらん
| itodoshiku ono ga arika o yaru inu o koko ni ari to ya tori no nakuran | At long last Is it that their location, To the hunting hounds, Is revealed by The birds’ calls? |
Toshiyori
Eikyū hyakushu 101
Azaleas (躑躅)
百たえぬやそすみ坂のしらつつじしらじな人はみにこぞるとも
| momo taenu yaso sumisaka no shiratsutsuji shiraji na hito wa mi ni kozoru tomo | Just less than one hundred are The eighty crannies of this hill, where Of the white azaleas All ignorant do folk Yet cluster all together… |
Toshiyori
Eikyū hyakushu 94
Falling Blossom (落花)
風ふけば木すゑもいその心ちして花のしらゆふ浪ぞこえける
| kaze fukeba kozue mo iso no kokochishite hana no shirayū nami zo koekeru | When the wind does blow Even the treetops, like rocks Do feel, with Blossom, white as mulberry cloth, Breaking on them in waves. |
Toshiyori
Eikyū hyakushu 87
Peach Blossom (桃花)
たれか又みてしのぶらん山がつのそのふのももの花のこぞめを
| tare ka mata mite shinoburan yamagatsu no sonofu no momo no hana kozome o | Who, I wonder, once more would Gaze upon them and recall A mountain man’s Garden-planted peaches’ Blossoms’ rich hues? |
Toshiyori
Eikyū hyakushu 80
Scarlet Plum (紅梅)
くれなゐの梅が枝になくうぐひすの声の色さへことにも有るかな
| kurenai no ume ga e ni naku uguisu no koe no iro sae koto ni aru kana | Upon a scarlet Plum’s branches sings The warbler – Even her song has a hue Most particular! |
Toshiyori
Eikyū hyakushu 73
Blossom not yet in Bloom (未発花)
めぐむよりけしきことなる花なればかねてもえだのなつかしきかな
| megumu yori keshiki kotonaru hana nareba kanete no eda no natsukashiki kana | Blessings give The scene such singular Blossoms, that Ever of these boughs Will I be fond! |
Toshiyori
Eikyū hyakushu 66
Inari Pilgrimage (稲荷詣)
いなりにもおもふ心のかなはずはしるしの杉のをられましやは
| inari ni mo omou kokoro no kanawazu wa shirushi no sugi no oraremashi ya wa | Even at Inari, All my expectations Have not been met: Symbolic cedar – Do I really wish to break it? |
Toshiyori
Eikyū hyakushu 52
The Iwashimizu Special Festival (石清水臨時祭)
たつほどのかさねかはらけなかりせばおぼえて淀の渡せましや
| tatsu hodo no kasane kawarake nakariseba oboete yodo no watarisemashi ya | A tall Pile of wine-cups Is lacking, so Recalling them, Yodo Would I traverse! |
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