Peach Blossom (桃花)
かきごしに枝さしかはす桃の花たれもちとせをかさねてやみん
kakigoshi ni
eda sashikawasu
momo no hana
tare mo chitose o
kasanete ya min | Over the fence do
The boughs in profusion thrust;
Peach blossoms –
Does every one of them a thousand years
Seem to bear? |
Akinaka
Scarlet Plum (紅梅)
くれなゐのころもの袖に梅の花あかぬ色とやおりかさぬらむ
kurenai no
koromo no sode ni
ume no hana
akanu iro to ya
orikasanuran | Upon a scarlet
Robe’s sleeves,
Plum blossoms:
Can their hue ever sate me,
I wonder, folded one atop another? |
Akinaka
Blossom not yet in Bloom (未発花)
しら雪とみゆはかりさけ山桜さらば入日にまがひしもせじ
shirayuki to
miyu bakari sake
yamazakura
saraba irihi ni
magaishimoseji | As white snow
Simply seem and bloom,
O, mountain cherry!
Then with the sunset sun
Will you not be entangled… |
Akinaka
Inari Pilgrimage (稲荷詣)
いなり山しるしの杉をたづねきてあまねく人のかざすけふかな
inari yama
shirushi o sugi o
tazunekite
amaneku hito o
kazasu kyō kana | To Inari Mountain’s
Symbol, the cedars
Have they paid a visit,
All the crowding folk
Garlanded today! |
Akinaka
The Iwashimizu Special Festival (石清水臨時祭)
山水のながれにうかふ松が枝にかざしの藤をかけてこそみれ
yamamizu no
nagare ni ukabu
matsu ga e ni
kazashi no fuji o
kakete koso mire | Upon a mountain stream’s
Swift flow floats
A branch of pine
Adornments of wisteria
Seen dangling there… |
Akinaka
The Kasuga Festival (春日祭)
はるごとにけふいのられて春日山松のさかえもいやまさりなり
harugoto ni
kyō inorarete
kasugayama
matsu no sakae mo
iya masarinari | With each and every spring
On this day are prayers made;
At Mount Kasuga
The flourishing of the pines is
Truly fine! |
Akinaka
Spring Dawn
あまの戸をほのかにあけて弛屋の野の霞と友に立ちぞやすらふ
ama no to o
honoka ni akete
koya no no no
kasumi to tomo ni
tachi zo yasurau | The door to Heaven
Opens but a bit, and
On the plains at Koya
In company with the misty haze
Do I hesitate to rise. |
Akinaka
Spring Sun
おもへどもむかしの秋のかなしさはつきせざりける春の日くらし
omoedomo
mukashi no aki no
kanashisa wa
tsukisezarikeru
haru no higurashi | I feel it, yet
Ancient autumns’
Sadness
Does not seem to end
With a springtime sunset… |
Akinaka
Heat Haze
うち乱れすめるみ空の遊ぶ糸に天の川瀬のみつを日かはや
uchimidare
sumeru misora no
asobu ito
ama no kawase no
mitsu o hi ka wa ya |
Confusing
The clear skies is
The heat-haze:
The rapids of the river of heaven
Roused by the sun, perhaps? |
Akinaka
'Simply moving and elegant'