Composed when the painting of spring on a folding screen resembled summer.
みてのみぞおどろかれぬるぬば玉のゆめかと思ひし春ののこれる
mite nomi zo
odorokarenuru
nubatama no
yume ka to omoishi
haru no nokoreru | The sight was enough
To startle me!
In a lily-seed dark
Dream alone I did think
Spring remained! |
Dwellings.
つれづれと年ふるやどはむまたまのよもひもながくなりぬべらなり
tsurezure to
toshi furu yado wa
mumatama no
yo mo hi mo nagaku
narinubernari | Ever unchanging
Through the passing years, for this dwelling
Lily-seed dark
Night and daytime, too, endlessly
Seem to go on and on. |
Topic unknown.
むばたまのよるのみふれる白雪はてる月影のつもるなりけり
mubatama no
yoru nomi Fureru
sirayuki Fa
teru tukikage no
tumoru narikeri | Lily-seed dark
The night, where fallen
Snow, so white,
Shines with the moonlight
Drifting, piled high. |
Anonymous
'Simply moving and elegant'
