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
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独のみながめふるやのつまなれば人を忍の草ぞ生ひける
Fitori nomi
nagame Furu ya no
tuma nareba
Fito no sinobu no
kusa zo oFikeru |
All alone
I watch the long rains fall from my roof’s
Ancient edge, as
Memories of her, like the ferns’
Fronds grow thickly… |
Sada no Noboru
貞登
'Simply moving and elegant'