When Spring Arrives in the Old Year 旧年立春
あは雪もまだふる年にたなびけばころまどはせるかすみとぞみる
| awayuki mo mada furu toshi ni tanabikeba koro madowaseru kasumi to zo miru | Snow spume Still withing the old year Does trail across the skies, so Confused about the season Do the hazes seem to be! |
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The Names of the Buddhas 仏名
かづけつけるわたひきかけよ小夜過ぎてむろへかへらんせながかくして
| kazuke tsukeru wata hikikakeyo sayo sugite muro e kaeran sena ga kakushite | With his reward of Cotton held high, After a brief night’s end He returns to his cell and Hides himself within… |
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Preparing Tribute 貢調
御調物にひくはまゆのいとをもてくる手もたゆくそなへつるかな
| mitsukimono nihikuwamayu no ito o mote kuru te mo tayuku sonaetsuru kana | The tribute from New cocoons Turned to silken thread: The gifting hands so tiredly Do offer it! |
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Mandarin Ducks 鴛鴦
をし鳥もくぐる岩ねのうす氷今朝やうは毛にとぢかさぬらん
| oshidori mo kuguru iwane no usukōri kesa ya uwage ni tojikasanuran | The mandarins do Dive beneath the ice-film Round the rocks; I wonder, will their down this morning Be clogged with crystal layers? |
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Kindling 薪
かれはててたきぎになりし昔よりたきすてらるる日をぞかぞふる
| karehatete takigi ni narishi mukashi yori takisuteraruru hi zo kazouru | Dried up and withered Kindling did become; That time long past, since then have The burnt out Days I counted up… |
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Gosechi 五節
日影さすをみのあかひもうちとけて立ちまふ人をもてはやすなり
| hikage sasu omi no akahimo uchitokete tachimau hito o motehayasunari | Sunlight falls on Scarlet purification cords, Undone as The dancing folk do Shine so bright! |
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First Snow 初雪
めづらしき花のみやこの初雪を九重にさへふらしてぞみる
| mezurashiki hana no miyako no hatsuyuki o kokonoe ni sae furashite zo miru | Unusually, On the flower that is the Capital Has fallen the first snow – The ninefold palace gates Have summoned it, it seems! |
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Crickets 蛬
なきかへせ秋をおくるなきりぎりすくれなば声のよわるのみかは
| nakikawase aki o okuru na kirigirisu kurenaba koe no yowaru nomi ka wa | Crying all together As autumn’s end draws near, are The crickets; Should it end, is it their song Alone that will weaken? |
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Bell Crickets 鈴虫
かずならでふりぬることをすず虫となきかはしてもあかしつるかな
| kazu narade furinuru koto o suzumushi to nakikawashitemo akashitsuru kana | Innumerable Have they descended; The bell crickets All crying together, yet Dawn has come! |
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Pine Crickets 松虫
夕されば野べもや物をおもふらん松虫鳴きて露しめりけり
| yū sareba nobe mo ya mono o omouran matsumushi nakite tsuyu shimerikeri | When the evening comes Does the plain seem Sunk in thought? The pine crickets crying, and The dew so chill… |
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