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
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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! |
Toshiyori
Eikyū hyakushu 38
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
Eikyū hyakushu 31
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
Eikyū hyakushu 24
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
Eikyū hyakushu 17
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
Eikyū hyakushu 10
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