Early Evening (晩立)
夕立はきりにきるともあづさ弓いにいてさへばくれずも有るかな
yūdachi wa
kiri ni kirutomo
azusayumi
ini’ide saeba
kurezu mo aru kana | Evening showers
Clad in mist, yet
When a catalpa bow
Emerges to interfere
There is no dusk, at all. |
Toshiyori
Frogs (蛙)
時あれやみなぶち山をあさゆけばこのもかのもにかはづ鳴くなり
toki are ya
minabuchiyama o
asa yukeba
konomo kanomo ni
kawazu nakunari |
This is not the season for it, yet
To Mount Minabuchi
I go this morn, and
All around and everywhere
The frogs are singing. |
Toshiyori
俊頼
'Simply moving and elegant'