Spring Breeze

Left (Tie)

やまがはのみかさまされりはるかぜにたにのこほりはとけにけらしも

yamagawa no mikasa masareri harukaze ni tani no kōri wa tokenikerashi mo

The mountain stream’s Spate is at its height; Before spring breezes The valleys’ ice Has melted, it seems!

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Right

やまがはのながれまさるははるかぜにたにのこほりを吹きてとくらむ

yamagawa no nagare masaru wa harukaze ni tani no kōri o fukite tokuramu

The mountain stream is Flowing high: The breeze of spring Upon the valleys’ ice Blows and melted it, I think…

Tadami
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[i] This poem is included in Shoku goshūishū (I: 39), attributed to Kanemori, with the headnote ‘A poem from the Poetry Match held by the Reikeiden Junior Consort’.