On winter chrysanthemums.
寒菊や醴造る窓の前
| kangiku ya amazake tsukuru mado no mae |
Chrysanthemums bloom in the chill As sweet sake is brewed Before my window. |
(1693)
Tag Archives: chrysanthemums
hatsu shimo ya
shiragiku no
kiku no ka ya
kagemachi ya
kusa no to ya
asa cha nomu
aki o hete
SKKS XX: 1932
Amongst some poems of reminiscences.
とくみのりきくのしらつゆよるはをきてつとめてきえんことをしぞおもふ
| toku minori kiku no shiratsuyu yoru wa okite tsutomete kien koto o shi zo omou |
The Law teaches that White dewdrops on chrysanthemums (Listen) Fall at night (Arise from slumber) And vanish with the dawn (Go to prayer, all will die)– That is what I feel. |
Former Abbot Jien
慈円
SKKS VII: 719
For a folding screen in the sixth year of Bunji, on the occasion of the entry of a senior consort to the palace.
山人のおるそでにほふきくのつゆうちはらふにもちよはへぬべし
| yamabito no oru sode niou kiku no tsuyu uchiharau ni mo chi yo wa henubeshi |
Hermits’ Trailing sleeves scented With chrysanthemum dew When waved Pass through a thousand years, no doubt. |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office Toshinari
藤原俊成