秋雨や乳放れの馬の旅に立つ
akisame ya
chibanare no uma no
tabi ni tatsu |
In the autumn rains
A colt, plucked from his mother’s teat
Sets off on his journey. |
夕立のとりおとしたる出村哉
yūdachi no
torioshitaru
demura kana |
Evening rain pours down-
Isolated with
A few houses off the village. |
湯のたきも同じ音也五月雨
yu no taki mo
onaji oto nari
satsuki ame |
Water boiling
Makes the same sound
As gentle summer rain. |
春雨や喰はれ殘りの鴨が鳴く
harusame ya
kuware nokori no
kamo ga naku |
Spring rain falls and
Those remaining uneaten
Ducks begin to quack. |
On drizzle.
古傘の婆さと月夜の時雨哉
furugasa no
basa to tsuki yo no
shigure kana |
Old umbrellas
Spring up by the score on a moonlit night
When the rain comes down. |
On drizzle.
老が戀わすれんとすれば時雨哉
oi ga koi
wasuren to sureba
shigure kana |
In my age all
I would forget–then
Down comes the rain! |
On winter rain.
草枕犬も時雨ゝかよるのこゑ
kusa makura
inu mo shiguru ka
yoru no koe |
Pillowed on the grass
Does that dog, too, dislike the rain
Whimpering in the night? |
(1684)
On winter rain.
行雲や犬の欠尿むらしぐれ
yuku kumo ya
inu no kakebari
murashigure |
From the drifting clouds above
As a dog marking his passage
Drips rain. |
(Ca. 1680)
Cold.
雁さはぐ鳥羽の田づらや寒の雨
kari sawagu
toba no tazura ya
kan no ame |
Geese noisily
Alight upon the rice fields at Toba
In the freezing rain. |
(1691)
On autumn.
雨の日や世間の秋を堺町
ame no hi ya
seken no aki wo
sakai chō |
Even on such a rainy day
This world’s autumn has
A border with the pleasure quarter. |
(1678)
'Simply moving and elegant'