わが門のいた井のし水冬ふかみ影こそ見えね氷りすらしも
wa ga kado no
itai no shimizu
fuyu fukami
kage koso miene
kōri sura shimo | By my gate
The fresh waters of my board-bound well
Are deep in winter—
No reflection shows at all
How icy they must be! |
338
冬ふかみこほりやいたくとぢつらしかげこそみえね山の井の水
fuyu fukami
kōri ya itaku
tojitsurashi
kage koso miene
yama no i no mizu | Deep in winter,
Is it that the ice so savagely
Has sealed it?
Not a hint of a reflection in
The mountain spring’s waters… |
336
Mandarin Ducks 鴛鴦
夜とともにおもふことなきをし鳥やかげとならびの池にすむらん
yo to tomo ni
omou koto naki
oshidori ya
kage to narabi no
ike ni sumuran | With night’s fall
Heedlessly
Does the mandarin
Together with his reflection
Seek to dwell upon the pond? |
Daishin
Mandarin Ducks 鴛鴦
みさびゐぬかがみの池にすむをしはみづからかげをならべてぞみる
misabi inu
kagami no ike ni
sumu oshi wa
mizukara kage o
narabete zo miru | A rust-red stained
Mirror is the pond where
Dwells a mandarin:
His own water-borne reflection
Does he match and gaze upon… |
Higo
'Simply moving and elegant'
