むさし野にことはおひなん紫の蕨は草のゆかりと思はん
musashino ni
koto wa oinan
murasaki no
warabi wa kusa no
yukari to omowan | On Musashi Plain
Growing, seeking something,
Violet
Bracken is the grass’s
Relative, I feel! |
Kawachi 河内
むらさきのちり打ちはらひはるの野にあさる蕨の物うげにして
murasaki no
chiri uchiharai
haru no no ni
asaru warabi no
mono’uge ni shite | Violet
Dust scatters, sweeping o’er
The plain in springtime
Making the search for bracken
Troublesome, indeed… |
[Fujiwara no] Akisue 顕季
むさし野はまだ焼かなくに春くればいそぎもえ出づる下蕨かな
musashino wa
mada yakanaku ni
haru kureba
isogi moe’izuru
shita warabi kana | Musashi Plain
Is not yet even burnt, but
With the coming of spring
Hurriedly smouldering into bud
Beneath is bracken! |
[Minamoto no] Moroyori師頼
春の野を事ありがほにかへせどもうてる蕨はたばねだになし
haru no no o
kotoarigao ni
kaesedomo
uteru warabi wa
tabane dani nashi | All o’er the plains in springtime,
Portentously
I searched back and forth, yet
I struck upon withered bracken—
Not even a bundle’s worth! |
[Minamoto no] Kuninobu国信
A poem composed by Prince Shiki.
石走る垂水の上のさわらびの萌え出づる春になりにけるかも
ipabasiru
tarumi no upe no
sawarabi no
moeiduru paru ni
narinikeru kamo | Rock-running,
The cataracts, and beside them
Flower-fern
Has put forth shoots: spring
Is here, indeed! |
Prince Shiki (? – 716)
志貴皇子
Warabi
'Simply moving and elegant'
