A profusion of deutzia flowers in full bloom
Left
白妙に卯花さけるかきねをばつもりし雪とおもひけるかな
shirotae ni
u no hana sakeru
kakine o ba
tsumorishi yuki to
omoikeru kana | A spread of white mulberry cloth,
The deutzias have bloomed
Along my brushwood fence
Drifting snow is piled, or
So it seems! |
Minamoto no Narikata
13
Right
みわたせばたかねののべのうつぎ原みな白妙にさきにけるかな
miwatseba
takane no nobe no
utsugiwara
mina shirotae ni
sakinikeru kana | When I gaze across
The high-peak meadows
A field of deutzia,
All as white as mulberry cloth,
Have bloomed there. |
Ōe no Fumi’ichi
14
Gazing at snow on the mountain pines in the morning (秋山望松雪)
Left
おりもせず雲もかからぬ山のはに松の上なる雪をこそみれ
ori mo sezu
kumo mo kakaranu
yama no Fa ni
matu no uFe naru
yuki koso mire | Not descending
The clouds cling not
To the mountains’ edge where
Upon the pines
I clearly see the snow. |
8
Right
山のはのさやかに照れる朝には松にかかれる雪もみえける
yama no Fa no
sayaka ni tereru
asita ni Fa
matu ni kakareru
yuki mo miekeru | The mountains’ edge is
Brightly shining
In the morning:
Clinging to the pines
I can see the snow. |
9
The warm feeling of spring enveloped by smoke (春気籠煙暖)
Left (Win)
梅の花雪にみゆれど春の気はけぶりをこめて寒からなくに
ume no Fana
yuki ni miyuredo
Faru no ki Fa
keburi wo komete
samurakanaku ni | The plum blossom
Seems like snow, yet
The sense of spring
Is surrounded with such smoke
I feel no chill… |
Anonymous
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Right
咲く花のひかりにもゆる春のきはけぶりをこめて晴れずぞ有りける
saku Fana no
Fikari ni moyuru
Faru no ki Fa
keburi wo komete
Farezu zo arikeru | The blooming blossom
Burning a’glow is
The sense of spring;
Surrounded by smoke that
Never clears… |
Anonymous
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[1]These poems are included in Fubokushō (I: 92) and (I: 93).
Old Folk 老人
くろかみも色かはりゆきみる人のいとふばかりにおいにけるかな
kurokami mo
iro kawariyuki
miru hito no
itou bakari ni
oinikeru kana | My raven tresses’
Hue has changed with the snow, and
Folk who see
Simply avoid me with distaste –
Such is having grown old! |
Daishin
Old Folk 老人
toshitsuki no
yuki tsumoru ni mo
kurokami no
kawaru sugata no
hazukashiki kana | With the months and years
Snow drifts up upon
My raven tresses – their
Changing form is
So embarrassing! |
Higo
Old Folk 老人
いやましにひたひのなみはかくれどもきえてもとしのゆきつもるかな
iyamashi ni
hitai no nami wa
kakuredomo
kiete mo toshi no
yuki tsumoru kana | More and more
The waves upon my forehead
Do I seek to hide, yet
Though they vanish, the years
In drifts of snow appear! |
Akinaka
Stars 星
雪とのみかしらはなりていただきし星をよそめにみるぞかなしき
yuki to nomi
kashira wa narite
itadakishi
hoshi no yosome ni
miru zo kanashiki | Snow is all that
Upon my head
Has been laid
The stars, so far away
The sight is so, so sad… |
Akinaka
Clouds 雲
くちなしの色にたなびくうき雲を雪げの空と誰かみざらん
kuchinashi no
iro ni tanabiku
ukigumo o
yukige no sora to
tare ka mizaran | Scarlet shot through with yellow
Hues are the trailing,
Drifting clouds, so
The tint of snow within the skies
Would be glimpsed by no one. |
Toshiyori
Kindling 薪
おく山のならひとなればあなしげの雪よりさきに薪こりつめ
oku yama no
narai to nareba
ana shige no
yuki yori saki ni
takigi koritsume | Deep with the mountains,
A custom it has become, so
Before the fearful fall of
Snow does come,
Go cut kindling! |
Nakazane
Kindling 薪
ま柴かるかりばのをのに雪ふりてつま木になづむ遠の里人
mashiba karu
kariba no ono ni
yuki furite
tsumagi ni nazumu
tō no satobito | The brushwood is withered
In the hunting grounds, where
The snow has fallen;
As fond of kindling as he is of his wife,
That distant villager. |
Akinaka
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