Composed on the snow resting on the trees.
春立てば花とや見らむ白雪のかかれる枝にうぐひすぞなく
Faru tateba
Fana to ya miramu
sirayuki no
kakareru eda ni
uguFisu zo naku |
Spring is swelling
Is that blossom I see?
White snow
Hanging on the branches
Where the warbler sings. |
The Monk Sosei
素性法師
Topic unknown.
梅がえにきゐるうぐひすはるかけてなけどもいまだ雪はふりつつ
mume ga e ni
kiwiru ugufisu
Faru kakete
nakedomo imada
yuki fa furitutu |
To the plum tree’s branches
The warbler has come.
That spring is here
He sings, although
Still the snow is falling. |
Anonymous
A poem on the beginning of Spring by the Nijō Empress.
雪の内に春はきにけりうぐひすのこほれる涙今やとくらむ
yuki no uti ni
Faru Fa kinkeri
uguFisu no
koForeru namida
ima ya tokuramu |
There’s still snow
Yet spring is here
The warbler’s
Frozen tears
May be melting even now. |
Empress Kōshi
'Simply moving and elegant'