New Year Archery
引きつづき雲ゐのまとゐ昨日といひけふのま弓の春も珍らし
| hikitsuzuki kumoi no matoi kinō to ii kyō no mayumi no haru mo mezurashi | Drawn one after another Within the clouds the company ‘Yesterday!’ they Said, but today fair bows Of spring strung—so rare! |
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Sōkonshū 1690
MYS VIII: 1591
黄葉乃 過麻久惜美 思共 遊今夜者 不開毛有奴香
もみちばの すぎまくをしみ おもふどち あそぶこよひは あけずもあらぬか
| momidiba no sugimaku wosimi omopudoti asobu koyopi pa akezu mo aranu ka | The autumn leaves’ Scattered passing, regretting With fine company Enjoying tonight— O, won’t dawn break not? |
The above is a poem by Ōtomo sukune Yakamochi of the Palace Guards.