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
Lingering Cold
衣手のうすきや春の関ならん我が身はいとどしみこほりつつ
koromode no
usuki ya haru no
seki naran
wa ga mi wa itodo
shimikōritsutsu | Do my sleeves,
So scanty, spring’s
Barrier-gate mark?
My flesh is still so
Pierced with icy chills! |
Toshiyori
Lingering Cold
春きては岩まの氷とくべきに冬にもこえてさゆるころかな
haru kite wa
iwama no kōri
tokubeki ni
fuyu ni mo koete
sayuru koro kana | With spring’s coming, when
The ice between the crag-cracks
Should be melting,
Exceeding even winter’s
Chill do the days go by! |
Nakazane
Lingering Cold
谷ふかみさこそは雪のきえざらめいかにさゆるぞはるの山ざと
tani fukami
sa koso wa yuki no
kiezarame
ika ni sayuru zo
haru no yamazato | Deep within the valleys
Is truly where the snow
Never seems to fade;
How deep the chill must be
In a springtime mountain retreat! |
Akinaka
New Year’s Day
もろ人の花見む春のはじめとや今日は思ひのひらけぬるかな
morobito no
hana mimu haru no
hajime to ya
kyō wa omoi no
hirakenuru kana | For crowds of folk
Does blossom viewing springtime
Begin, I wonder?
Today such thoughts
Have opened up! |
Daishin
New Year’s Day
よきことをますみの鏡今日見ればかねて千年のかげぞうかべる
yoki koto o
masumi no kagami
kyō mireba
kanete chitose no
kage zo ukaberu | When pleasant things
In the clearest of glasses
Today I see,
Already a thousand years’
Sights have floated there… |
Higo
New Year’s Day
冬の夜を旅の空にてあかしてや都に春の今朝は来るらむ
fuyu no yo o
tabi no sora nite
akashite ya
miyako ni haru no
kesa wa kururamu | A winter’s night
Spent under the skies a’travelling;
With breaking dawn
To the capital has spring
Come this morning, I wonder? |
Kanemasa
New Year’s Day
うちなびき今日立ちかへるとしなみのよらぬみぎははあらじとぞ思ふ
uchinabiki
kyō tachikaeru
toshinami no
yoranu migiwa wa
araji to zo omou | Drifting along,
Today breaks
The year’s wave –
An untouched shore
Shall there be none, I feel! |
Tadafusa
New Year’s Day
今日よりは我をもちゐの増鏡うれしきかげをうつしてぞ見む
kyō yori wa
ware o mochi’i no
masukagami
ureshiki kage o
utsushite zo mimu | From today
Holding me within shall
This glass so clear
A joyous face
Reflected see! |
Toshiyori
New Year’s Day
万代の春のはじめの今日しよりつかへまつらむとしにあひつつ
yorozu yo no
haru no hajime no
kyō shi yori
tsukaematsuramu
toshi ni aitsutsu | Ten thousand years of
Spring begins
From today
Shall we serve humbly
Greeting the coming year… |
Nakazane
'Simply moving and elegant'