Waiting for a man amidst the snow.
けふもまたひとりながめてくれにけりたのめぬやどの庭の白雪
kyō mo mata
hitori nagamete
kurenikeri
tanomenu yado no
niwa no shirayuki | Today, once more, again
Alone I gaze into
The gathered twilight;
No hopes at my home with
Snow, so white, the garden covering… |
384
Snow at a retreat[i]
ふるさとはうらさびしともなきものをよし野のおくの雪の夕ぐれ
furusato wa
urasabishi to mo
naki mono o
yoshino no oku no
yuki no yūgure | At the ancient capital
Filled with lonely sadness
I am not, yet
Deep in Yoshino
Snow falls in the evening… |
383
Snow around a temple
うちつけに物ぞかなしきはつせ山をのへのかねの雪の夕暮
uchitsuke ni
mono zo kanashiki
hatsuseyama
onoe no kane no
yuki no yūgure | Suddenly,
All is sadness,
On Hatsuse Mountain with
The bell tolling from the peak,
Amid the evening snow. |
382
Snow on the seashore.
たちのぼる煙はなほぞつれもなき雪のあしたのしほがまの浦
tachinoboru
keburi wa nao zo
tsure mo naki
yuki no ashita no
shiogama no ura | Rising,
The smoke is still
Just what you’d expect
On a snowy morning
At the Bay of Shiogama. |
381
For a folding screen showing snow falling on Mount Miwa.
冬ごもりそれともみえずみわの山すぎのはしろく雪のふれれば
fuyugomori
sore to mo miezu
miwa no yama
sugi no ha shiroku
yuki no furereba | Sealed in winter,
It cannot be seen at all,
For on Miwa Mountain
The cypress needles are white
With fallen snow… |
380
Snow between the pines
高砂のをのへの松にふる雪のふりていくよのとしかつもれる
takasago no
onoe no matsu ni
furu yuki no
furite iku yo no
toshi ka tsumoreru | On Takasago
Peak’s pines
The fallen snow
Grows old—over how many
Years has it drifted so? |
379
On whiteness
かもめゐるおきのしらすにふる雪のはれゆく空の月のさやけさ
kamome iru
oki no shirasu ni
furu yuki no
hareyuku sora no
tsuki no sayakesa | Gulls land
On the sandbar in the offing, where
The fallen snow
Beneath the clearing sky
Is chill within the moonlight. |
378
はし鷹もけふやしらふにかはるらんとがへるやまに雪のふれれば
hashitaka mo
kyō ya shirau ni
kawaruran
togaeru yama ni
yuki no furereba | My sparrowhawk
Today to white speckles
Has turned, it seems—
A molt of feathers on the mountain,
Snow has fallen… |
377
われのみぞかなしとはおもふ浪のよる山のひたひに雪のふれれば
ware nomi zo
kanashi to wa omou
nami no yoru
yama no hitahi ni
yuki no furereba | I am simply
Sunk in sadness, for
Where waves break against
The mountains’ face
Snow has fallen… |
376
おのづからさびしくもあるか山ふかみ草のいほりの雪の夕ぐれ
onozukara
sabishiku mo aru ka
yama fukami
kusa no iori no
yuki no yūgure | All by itself
Lonely sadness comes upon me
Deep within the mountains
In a hut of grass
On a snowy evening… |
375
'Simply moving and elegant'
