散りつもる木の葉くちにし谷水も氷にとづる冬はきにけり
chiritsumoru
ko no ha kuchinishi
tanimizu mo
kōri ni tozuru
fuyu wa kinikeri | Fallen, piled high,
The trees’ leaves have rotted, as
The valley’s stream is
Sealed with ice—
Winter has come. |
飲むからに親子の中もわかれずときく谷水をひきて流せり
nomu kara ni
oyako no naka mowakarezu to
kiku tanimidu wo
Fikite nagaseri |
Drinking, so
A parent-child bond
Shall not broken be,
I hear; chrysanthemums, waters from the mountain streams
Draw up, and have set flow once more. |
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'Simply moving and elegant'
