Icicles
山ざとは谷の下水つららゐていはうつ浪の音だにもせず
yamazato wa
tani no shitamizu
tsurara ite
iwa utsu nami no
oto dani mo sezu | At a mountain retreat
The waters in the valley below
Have turned to icicles, and
Of waves striking the rocks
There is no sound, at all. |
Morotoki
Icicles
つららゐてまもる岩まの関なればよをへてかたく成りまさるかな
tsurara ite
mamoru iwama no
seki nareba
yo o hete kataku
narimasaru kana | Icicles hang
Warding the space between the rocks, and
Forming a barrier, so
As the night goes by their hardness
Grows even greater! |
Toshiyori
'Simply moving and elegant'