Composed on hawking in the snow.
ぬれぬれもなほかりゆかむはしたかのうはげの雪をうちはらひつつ
nurenure mo
naFo kariyukamu
Fasitaka no
uFage no yuki wo
utiFaraFitutu | Drenched, but even so
Let us still hunt on!
From my sparrowhawk’s
Plumage the snow
I’ll ever brush! |
Minamoto no Michinari
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A warbler after the rain.
春雨の露もまだひず梅がえにうは毛しをれて鶯ぞなく
harusame no
tsuyu mo mada hizu
mume ga e ni
uwage shiorete
uguisu zo naku | The spring shower’s
Dewfall’s not yet dried, but
Upon the plum branch,
Plumage drenched,
Sings out the warbler! |
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冬の池の鴨のうはげにおくしものきえて物思ふころにもあるかな
Fuyu no ike no
kamo no uFage ni
oku simo no
kiete mono’omoFu
koro ni mo aru kana | At a pond in winter
Upon the ducks’ down
Falls frost; it
Vanishes and gloom
Takes all my time! |
Anonymous
Groves 原
あさぢふの露にうはげやそほつらんあしたの原にうづら鳴くなり
asajū no
tsuyu ni uwage ya
sōtsuran
ashita no hara ni
uzura nakunari | Is the cogon grass
By dew upon its upper fronds
So soaked?
This morn among the groves
The quail are crying. |
Kanemasa
Mandarin Ducks 鴛鴦
をし鳥もくぐる岩ねのうす氷今朝やうは毛にとぢかさぬらん
oshidori mo
kuguru iwane no
usukōri
kesa ya uwage ni
tojikasanuran | The mandarins do
Dive beneath the ice-film
Round the rocks;
I wonder, will their down this morning
Be clogged with crystal layers? |
Toshiyori
'Simply moving and elegant'
