Spring Sun
花もまたにほはずみゆる山ざとに春の日ぐらしながめをぞする
hana mo mata
niowazu miyuru
yamazato ni
haru no higurashi
nagame o zo suru | The blossom has yet
To scent, it seems,
My mountain dwelling;
With the sunset in springtime
Do I gaze upon it. |
Higo
Spring Sun
春の日は杣やまとほき里なれやくれまつほどの心ともなき
haru no hi wa
soma yama tōki
sato nare ya
kure matsu hodo no
kokoro tomonaki | The spring sun: not only do
Timber mountains’ distant
Dwellings
Awaiting dusk
Feel it… |
Kanemasa
Spring Sun
からころも春たちきぬとききしより日のうらうらとなりにけるかな
karakoromo
haru tachikinu to
kikishi yori
hi no uraura to
narinikeru kana | A Cathay robe,
Cut and sewn; spring has come –
Since I heard that
The sun has softly
Shone, indeed! |
Tadafusa
Spring Sun
ももちどりさへづる春はうらうらとなれども我が身くもりつつのみ
momochidori
saezuru haru wa
uraura to
naredomo wa ga mi
kumoritsutsu nomi | Plovers
Chirp; spring’s
Soft sunlight
Shines, yet I
Am ever covered in cloud… |
Nakazane
Spring Sun
おもへどもむかしの秋のかなしさはつきせざりける春の日くらし
omoedomo
mukashi no aki no
kanashisa wa
tsukisezarikeru
haru no higurashi | I feel it, yet
Ancient autumns’
Sadness
Does not seem to end
With a springtime sunset… |
Akinaka
'Simply moving and elegant'