上野阿蘇山つづら野を広み延ひにしものをあぜか絶えせむ
kamituke no
aso yama tudura
no wo piromi
papinisi mono wo
aze ka taesemu | In Kamitsuke
Upon Aso Mountain the moonseed
Covers all the meadows;
It stretches so far—
How ever can it be cut? |
Lingering Cold
雪きえぬあをばの山のあをつづら春はくれども猶さむきかな
yuki kienu
aoba no yama no
aotsuzura
haru no kuredomo
nao samuki kana | The snow lingers on
The green-leaved mountains, where
The young moonseed,
Though spring has come,
Will yet be so cold! |
Tadafusa
'Simply moving and elegant'