八幡山木だかき松にゐるたづのはね白妙にみ雪ふるらし
yahatayama
kodakaki matsu ni
iru tazu no
hane shirotae ni
miyuki fururashi | On Yahata Mountain’s
Pines, so tall,
Rest cranes with
Wings white as mulberry cloth
Seeming dusted with fallen snow. |
624
On Felicitations and Pines
八幡山木だかき松のたねしあれば千とせの後もたえじとぞ思ふ
yahatayama
kodakaki matsu no
tane shi areba
chitose no nochi mo
taeji to zo omou | Were Yahata Mountain’s
Pine trees, so tall,
Seeds to have,
A thousand years hence
Ceaseless would they be, I feel! |
622
'Simply moving and elegant'
