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! |
Toshiyori
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! |
Toshiyori
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… |
Toshiyori
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. |
Toshiyori
Lingering Cold
衣手のうすきや春の関ならん我が身はいとどしみこほりつつ
| koromode no usuki ya haru no seki naran wa ga mi wa itodo shimikōritsutsu | Do my sleeves, So scanty, spring’s Barrier-gate mark? My flesh is still so Pierced with icy chills! |
Toshiyori