Lingering Warblers (残鶯)
なぐさむるかたやなからん花もちり春もくれゆく鶯のこゑ
| nagusamuru kata ya nakaran hana mo chiri haru mo kureyuku uguisu no koe | Consolation Nowhere will I find, it seems; The blossoms all are fallen, and Spring draws in to dusk with A warbler’s song. |
Daishin
Lingering Warblers (残鶯)
残りなく春の日かずは過ぎぬれどなほ鶯ぞたえずおとなふ
| nokorinaku haru no hikazu wa suginuredo nao uguisu zo taezu otonau | Not one remains Of the numbered days of spring; They are past, and yet Still the warbler Endlessly sings on. |
Higo
Lingering Warblers (残鶯)
おそ桜にほふ梢のうぐひすははつ声よりもめづらしきかな
| osozakura niou kozue no uguisu wa hatsugoe yori mo mezurashiki kana | The late-blooming cherries’ Treetops glow, where To hear a warbler – More than his first song – ‘Tis strange, indeed! |
Kanemasa
Lingering Warblers (残鶯)
中中に春くれがたのうぐひすははつねよりげにめづらしきかな
| nakanaka ni haru kuregata no uguisu wa hatsune yori geni mezurashiki kana | Truly At the dusk of spring To hear a warbler — Far more than his first chirp – ‘Tis strange, indeed! |
Tadafusa
Lingering Warblers (残鶯)
けふさらば鳴きつくしてよ鶯の春ののちには誰かしのばん
| kyō saraba nakitsukushite yo uguisu no haru no nochi ni wa tare ka shinoban | As this day has come Exhaust yourself with song! A warbler When spring is gone – Who will recall you then? |
Toshiyori
Lingering Warblers (残鶯)
つれづれと何につけてかなぐさまむ百さへづりの鳥なかりせば
| tsurezure to nani ni tsukete ka nagusamamu momosaezuri no tori nakariseba | In idleness With what Might I console myself? For all the twittering Birds are gone… |
Nakazane
Lingering Warblers (残鶯)
霞しく春くれ竹の風の音に声うちそへてうぐひすぞなく
| kasumi shiku haru kuretake no kaze no oto ni koe uchisoete uguisu zo naku | Haze is spreading At the dusk of spring, amongst the bamboo Whispers of wind Join the song The warbler sings. |
Akinaka
Pheasants (雉)
すずの音やちかくなるらんみかりのにかくろへかねてききす鳴くなり
| suzu no ne ya chikakunaruran mikarino ni kakuroekanete kigisu nakunari | Do the harness bells Seem to draw near? In the imperial hunting grounds Unable to conceal himself A pheasant is a’crying. |
Daishin
Pheasants (雉)
あふことのかたののきぎすつま恋にむべほろほろとたちゐ鳴くらん
| au koto no katano no kigisu tsumagoi ni mube horohoro to tachi’i nakuran | To meet at Katano, the pheasants, For mates a’yearning, Do, indeed, hoarsely Seem to cry, starting into flight. |
Higo
Pheasants (雉)
かり人は声をたづぬとしらねばやかすみのうちにきぎす鳴くらん
| karibito wa koe o tazunu to shiraneba ya kasumi no uchi ni kigisu nakuran | Of hunters His song seeking All unknowing? From within the haze Does the pheasant seem to call. |
Kanemasa