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. |
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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? |
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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! |
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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! |
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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? |
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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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New Year Archery
引きながすたつかの弓の矢をはやみともねにまとのなりかはすかな
| hikinagasu tatsuka no yumi no ya o hayami tomone ni mato no narikawasu kana | Drawing and letting fly, from My bow’s grip, An arrow speeds, and With the snap of bowstring with the target Becomes one! |
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Heat Haze
ささがにのくもらぬ空のいとなればあそぶ気色のたえずもあるかな
| sasagani no kumoranu sora no ito nareba asobu keshiki no taezu mo aru kana | If, a tiny crab, The spider, across the cloudless skies Her web did spin, Endlessly playful The scene would be! |
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Spring Dawn
いなのめは石のかけはしほのぼのもしばしやすらへまほならずとも
| inanome wa ishi no kakehashi honobono mo shibashi yasurae maho narazu tomo | Aurora upon The stone span of the bridge So faintly and yet Slowly lingers, Though it lacks any flaw… |
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Spring Sun
かずならぬやどにははるのこざりせばくれぬをさへはなげかざらまし
| kazu naranu yado ni wa haru no kozariseba kurenu o sae wa nagekazaramashi | To numberless Dwellings has spring Yet to come, so A delay to dusk – even that Does seem to bring no grief. |
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