Summer Hunting (夏猟)
夏の野におちくる鹿を待ちかけてあふにあふともみゆるせなかな
| natsu no no ni ochikuru shika no machikakete au ni au tomo miyuru sena kana | To the summer plains Descend the deer, Waiting expectantly; Meet them I may, and yet Their rumps are all I’ll see! |
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Cormorant Fishing on the River(鵜河)
おちくだるほかげにみればますらをはたもといとなくあゆこくむらし
| ochikudaru hokage ni mireba masuraro wa tamoto itonaku ayuko kumurashi | Dropping down The firelight reveals Brawny men, Sleeves seeming unceasing in Scooping sweetfish sprats. |
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Summer Insects (夏虫)
ともし火に入る夏虫のはかなさを身にたとへてもあかしつるかな
| tomoshibi ni iru natsumushi no hakanasa o mi ni tatoetemo akashitsuru kana | Into the torches Plunge the summer insects: Their brief lives Compared to mine Brought more brightness! |
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Avoiding Heat (避暑)
みづはよしあたりもしみに吹過ぐる風さへさゆる玉川のさと
| mizu wa yoshi atari mo shimi ni fukisuguru kaze sae sayuru tamakawa no sato | The waters are fine, and The surrounds, too, are keenly Blown by The breeze, cooling The estate at Tamakawa! |
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Pinks (瞿麦)
今朝も又いざみにゆかんさゆりばに枝さしかはすやまとなでしこ
| kesa mo mata iza mi ni yukan sayuriba ni eda sashikawasu yamato nadeshiko | This morning once more, Say, shall we go to gaze Upon the lily leaves Stalks all thrust amongst The perfect pinks… |
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Summer Grasses (夏草)
ひざかりはかきねがくれに立ちよらでたれを恋草もえたてるらん
| izakari wa kakinegakuri ni tachiyorade tare o koigusa moetateran | The searing summer sun Cannot the secrets in my brushwood fence Draw near, so Who, by loves fiery grasses, Has been set aflame? |
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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. |
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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? |
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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? |
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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… |
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