Left (Win)
おほぞらは梅のにほひに霞つゝくもりもはてぬ春の夜の月
| ōzora wa ume no nioi ni kasumitsutsu kumori mo hatenu haru no yo no tsuki |
The heavens with The scent of plum Are hazed; Not with cloud is covered This spring night’s moon. |
3
Right
こゝろあてにわくともわかじ梅の花散かふ里の春の淡雪
| kokoroate ni waku tomo wakaji ume no hana chirikau sato no haru no awayuki |
A guess Could not tell between The plum blossom Scattered round my dwelling and Spring snow spume. |
4
In the Second Month of the Fourth Year of Kenpô (1216), I selected and ordered two hundred of my own meagre works. In the Sixth Month of the following year, I took the order apart and rearranged it somewhat. In the Seventh Year of Kenpô, I secretly presented it to His Majesty, and received an Imperial judgement upon it.
Left (Tie)
春日野にさくや梅が枝雪まより今は春べと若菜つみつゝ
| kasugano ni saku ya ume ga e yukima yori ima wa harube to wakana tsumitsutsu |
On Kasuga field, O, branches of blooming plum blossom! From the spaces in the snow, ‘Now Spring is come!’ Do we pluck fresh greens. |
1
Right
消なくに又やみ山をうづむらん若菜つむ野も淡雪ぞ降
| kienakuni mata ya miyama o uzumuran wakana tsumu no mo awayuki zo furu |
Has it not gone, and yet The mountains’ depths Does bury? Upon the fresh-green picking fields A spume of snow falls on… |
2
At Gosechi time, when snow fell and then quickly vanished.
淡雪のふるほどもなく消えぬるは明日のひかげやかねてさすらむ
| aFayuki no Furu Fodo mo naku kienuru Fa asu no Fikage ya kanete sasuramu |
A froth of snow Fallen and then in no time Gone: Was it that the morrow’s sunlight Had already shone? |
When I had sent a letter to the Taira Handmaid, and received no reply.
かきくらしふる沫雪の袖ふかみけふくものあとの見えじとすらむ
| kakikurasi Furu aFayuki no sode Fukami keFu kumo no ato no miezi to suramu |
Blinding, Falls a gentle snow, Drifting upon my sleeves; Today, the clouds not a single trace Have shown. |
Sent to a woman whom it was impossible to meet with any longer without attracting public notice.
おほかたはたが名かおしき袖凍みて雪もとけず人に語らむ
| oFokata Fa ta ga na ka osiki sode simite yuki mo tokezu Fito ni kataramu |
In general, would Having such a name be so bad? My sleeves are frozen, and Should the snow thaw not, Then would I speak of it! |
At an archery competition, when snow had fallen upon the multi-coloured curtains, the Lay Priest Middle Councillor said:
まへかたのまだらまくなる雪みれば
| maFe kata no madaramaku naru yuki mireba |
The first team’s Motley curtain Snow swept I see, and |
I concluded:
しりゑの山ぞおもひやらるゝ
| siriwe no yama zo omoFiyararuru |
The mountain for the second team Is in my thoughts. |
One morning when snow was falling, the Master of the Left Capital Office, Lord Michinaga, was at the northern side of the Kokiden hall and said:
あしのかみひざよりしものさゆるかな
| asi no kami Fiza yori simo no sayuru kana |
From the top of my legs To below my frosty knees I feel a chill! |
I concluded:
こしのわたりに雪やふるらむ
| kosi no watari ni yuki ya Fururamu |
Down around the dell, I wonder, might the snow be falling? |
Snow.
たらちねのあつめし雪はそれながらあとゝしもなき身もふりにけり
| tarachine no atsumeshi yuki wa sore nagara ato to shi mo naki mi mo furinikeri |
My father’s Collected snow Is as it is; Leaving not a trace Have I grown old. |