Icicles
山ざとは谷の下水つららゐていはうつ浪の音だにもせず
yamazato wa
tani no shitamizu
tsurara ite
iwa utsu nami no
oto dani mo sezu | At a mountain retreat
The waters in the valley below
Have turned to icicles, and
Of waves striking the rocks
There is no sound, at all. |
Morotoki
Icicles
つららゐてまもる岩まの関なればよをへてかたく成りまさるかな
tsurara ite
mamoru iwama no
seki nareba
yo o hete kataku
narimasaru kana | Icicles hang
Warding the space between the rocks, and
Forming a barrier, so
As the night goes by their hardness
Grows even greater! |
Toshiyori
Icicles
浪かくる岩まひまなくたるひして氷とぢたる山川の水
nami kakuru
iwama himanaku
taruhishite
kōri tojitaru
yamakawa no mizu | Waves hang from
Every single space between the rocks
In icicles—
Sealed in ice is
The water of this mountain stream. |
Akisue
When Spring Arrives in the Old Year 旧年立春
あづまやの軒ばのたるひ薄くは雪かき分けて春や立つらん
azumaya no
nokiba no taruhi
usuraku wa
yuki kakiwakete
haru ya tatsuran | On an eastern hut’s
Eaves, the icicles
Seem more slender now;
Forging through the snows
Has spring come to call? |
Higo
'Simply moving and elegant'