とぶ火野にもえ出でにける早蕨を焼くとききてや人のをるらん
tobuhino ni
moe’idenikeru
sawarabi o
yaku toki kite ya
hito no oruran | Upon Tobuhino Plain
Smouldered into bud has
Fresh bracken:
Has the time to burn it come, that
Folk will pick it, perhaps? |
Higo 肥後
とぶ火野に今もえ出づるさわらびのいつ折るばかりならんとすらん
tobuhino ni
ima moe’izuru
sawarabi no
itsu oru bakari
naran to suran | Upon Tobuhi Plain
Now bursting into bud is
Fresh bracken:
When might we simply
Pick it, I wonder? |
Eien 永縁
飛火野に今萌え出づる早蕨のいつ折るばかりならむとすらむ
tobuhino ni
ima moeizuru
sawarabi no
itsu oru bakari
naramu to suramu |
On Tobuhi Plain
Now budding out is
Young bracken,
When will it be picked is all
That I would wonder… |
Eien
永縁
'Simply moving and elegant'