Singing Girls 妓女
をみなへしめでたき花のすがたかな衣通姫もかくやありけん
ominaeshi
medetaki hana no
sugata kana
sotōri hime mo
kaku ya ariken | These maidenflowers have
Fair blooming
Forms, indeed!
Was Princess Sotōri
As this, I wonder? |
Kanemasa
Singing Girls 妓女
をとめ子がいかにをかしきすがたにてみるたびごとにうちゑまるらん
otomego ga
ika ni okashiki
sugata nite
miru tabi goto ni
uchiemaruran | The maidens –
How charming are
Their forms, that
Every time I see them
I do seem to smile. |
Tadafusa
Singing Girls 妓女
絵にかくと筆もおよばじ乙女子が花のすがたを誰にみせまし
e ni kaku to
fude mo oyobaji
otomego ga
hana no sugata o
tare ni misemashi | A painted picture
No brush can match –
The maidens’
Blossoming forms:
To whom should I reveal? |
Nakazane
Gosechi 五節
くもりなき豊のあかりにみつるかなあまつ乙女のまひのすがたを
kumorinaki
toyo no akari ni
mitsuru kana
amatsu otome no
mai no sugata o | Cloudless is
The Festival of New Grain,
So perfect
Are the heavenly maidens’
Dancing forms! |
Daishin
'Simply moving and elegant'