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
A chrysanthemum from the barrier at Meeting Hill.
この花は尽きぬらし関川のたえずも見よと折れる菊の枝
kono Fana Fa
tukinurasi
sekikaFa no
taezu mo miyo to
woreru kiku no e |
These flowers
Do never seem to end, as
The river past the barrier gate
Endless appears to flow, so too is
A plucked chrysanthemum stem. |
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'Simply moving and elegant'