When Spring Arrives in the Old Year 旧年立春
あづまやの軒ばのたるひ薄くは雪かき分けて春や立つらん
| azumaya no nokiba no taruhi usuraku wa yuki kakiwakete haru ya tatsuran | On an eastern hut’s Eaves, the icicles Seem more slender now; Forging through the snows Has spring come to call? |
Higo
Kindling 薪
おく山のならひとなればあなしげの雪よりさきに薪こりつめ
| oku yama no narai to nareba ana shige no yuki yori saki ni takigi koritsume | Deep with the mountains, A custom it has become, so Before the fearful fall of Snow does come, Go cut kindling! |
Nakazane
Kindling 薪
ま柴かるかりばのをのに雪ふりてつま木になづむ遠の里人
| mashiba karu kariba no ono ni yuki furite tsumagi ni nazumu tō no satobito | The brushwood is withered In the hunting grounds, where The snow has fallen; As fond of kindling as he is of his wife, That distant villager. |
Akinaka
Topic unknown.
駒並めていざ見にゆかむ古里は雪とのみこそ花はちるらめ
| koma namete iza mi ni yukamu Furusato Fa yuki to nomi koso Fana Fa tirurame | Line up our mounts, and Let’s go to see An ancient estate with A blizzard of Blossom, scattered all around! |
Anonymous
Composed on the scattering of cherry blossoms.
雪とのみふるだにあるをさくら花いかにちれとか風のふく覧
| yuki to nomi Furu dani aru wo sakurabana ika ni tire to ka kaze no Fukuran | Simply as snow Do fall the Cherry blossoms: So why to scatter them Does the wind seem to blow? |
Ōshikōchi no Mitsune
Composed on seeing cherry blossom scattering at the Un’rin-in.
さくらちる花の所は春ながら雪ぞふりつつ消えがてにする
| sakura tiru Fana no tokoro Fa Faru nagara yuki zo Furitutu kiegate ni suru | Cherries scatter Blossoms here, For it is spring, but Snow still ever falls, and Hesitates to fade, it does appear. |
The Monk Sōku
Lingering Cold
雪きえぬみ山がくれは猶さえて春のしるしも見えず有りける
| yuki kienu miyamagakure wa nao saete haru no shirushi mo miezu arikeru | The snow lingers on, and My deep mountain retreat Is still so chill, that Not one sign of spring Can I see at all… |
Daishin
Lingering Cold
雪きえぬあをばの山のあをつづら春はくれども猶さむきかな
| yuki kienu aoba no yama no aotsuzura haru no kuredomo nao samuki kana | The snow lingers on The green-leaved mountains, where The young moonseed, Though spring has come, Will yet be so cold! |
Tadafusa
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けふも猶雪はふりつつ春霞たてるやいづこ若菜つみてむ
| kyō mo nao yuki wa furitsutsu harugasumi tateru ya izuko wakana tsumitemu |
Still yet, today Is the snow falling; O, spring haze Where do you arise? For I would go and pluck fresh herbs! |
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In no hyakushu, shodo, Eighth Month Shōji 2 [September 1200]
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朝氷たがため分て此川のむかへの野べに若菜つむらん
| asagōri ta ga tame wakete kono kawa no mukae no nobe ni wakana tsumuran |
This film of morning ice: For who’s sake do I break it? On this river’s Yonder side within the fields Would I pluck fresh herbs… |
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Naidaijinke hyakushu, Ninth Month Kenpō 3 [October 1215]
Left. Spring
あら玉の年もかはらぬふるさとの雪のうちにも春はきにけり
| aratama no toshi mo kawaranu furusato no yuki no uchi ni mo haru wa kinikeri |
To the fresh jeweled Year the change has yet to come, yet Around my familiar home Even within the snows The spring is here! |
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Ninnaji gojūshu, Kenkyū 1 [1190]
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冬ながら花ちる空のかすめるは雲のこなたに春やきつらむ
| fuyu nagara hana chiru sora no kasumeru wa kumo no konata ni haru ya kitsuramu |
It’s winter now, yet Are the blossom-scattering skies Hazed Beneath the clouds by The arrival of spring, perhaps? |
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