Composed on plum blossom.
わがやどの八重のこうばいさきにけりしるもしらぬもなべてとはなん
wa ga yado no
yae no kōbai
sakinikeri
shiru mo shiranu mo
nabete towanan | At my house
Eightfold scarlet plum
Has bloomed;
Acquaintances, and not,
All, equally, I would have you come to visit! |
Created with Soan.
Scarlet Plum (紅梅)
色もかもめづらしきかなくれなゐにいまさらそむる梅の初花
iro mo kamo
mezurashiki kana
kurenai ni
ima sara somuru
ume no hatsuhana | Even their hue
Is sweetly precious!
With scarlet
Just now are dyed
The first blooms of plum. |
Daishin
Scarlet Plum (紅梅)
たぐひなきかをりにそへていとどしくくれなゐふかくにほふ梅かな
taguinaki
kaori ni soete
itodoshiku
kurenai fukaku
niou ume kana | Peerless,
The scent brushes by, and
Eventually,
With deep scarlet
Glows the plum! |
Higo
Scarlet Plum (紅梅)
みる人のあくしなければ梅の花うすくれなゐの色もかへらず
miru hito no
adashinakereba
ume no hana
usukurenai no
iro mo kaerazu | That folk gaze on is
Meaningless, so
The plum blossoms’
Pale scarlet
Hue, too, will not return. |
Kanemasa
Scarlet Plum (紅梅)
にほふかもなつかしきかなわぎもこが衣にそむるくれなゐの梅
niou kamo
natsukashiki kana
wagimoko ga
koromo ni somuru
kurenai no ume | Of their sheen
I am most fond!
My darling’s
Robes, dyed with
Scarlet plum. |
Tadafusa
Scarlet Plum (紅梅)
くれなゐの梅が枝になくうぐひすの声の色さへことにも有るかな
kurenai no
ume ga e ni naku
uguisu no
koe no iro sae
koto ni aru kana | Upon a scarlet
Plum’s branches sings
The warbler –
Even her song has a hue
Most particular! |
Toshiyori
Scarlet Plum (紅梅)
くれなゐにさきかさなれる梅の花新羅にやりて何にならへん
kurenai ni
sakikasanareru
ume no hana
shiragi ni yarite
nani ni narahen | In scarlet
Sprays do bloom
Plum blossom:
Sent to Silla
To what might they compare? |
Nakazane
Scarlet Plum (紅梅)
くれなゐのころもの袖に梅の花あかぬ色とやおりかさぬらむ
kurenai no
koromo no sode ni
ume no hana
akanu iro to ya
orikasanuran | Upon a scarlet
Robe’s sleeves,
Plum blossoms:
Can their hue ever sate me,
I wonder, folded one atop another? |
Akinaka
'Simply moving and elegant'
