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- Senzai Wakashu
Naniwagata irie o meguru ashigamo no tamamo no fune ni ukine surashimo
The reed ducks circling the inlet of Naniwa Bay seem to be sleeping afloat, with the jeweled seaweed for a boat.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Akisuke
Oshidori no ukine no toko ya arenu ran tsurara inikeri Koya no ikemizu
Has the floating bed of the mandarin ducks gone to ruin? Ice has formed over the waters of Koya Pond.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Tsunefusa
Kamo no iru irie no ashi wa shimogarete onore nomi koso aoba narikere
The reeds of the inlet where the ducks gather have withered in the frost; now the ducks alone wear green.
Senzai Wakashu - Dōin
Oku shimo o haraikanete ya shiorefusu katsumi ga shita ni oshi no naku ran
Beneath the wild rice bent and drooping, unable to shake off the frost, are the mandarin ducks crying, unable to brush it off either?
Senzai Wakashu - Kamo no Shigeyasu
Ashigamo no sudaku irie no tsukikage wa kōri zo nami no kazu ni kudakuru
In the inlet where the reed ducks gather, the moonlight on the water shatters like ice into as many pieces as there are waves.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kinmitsu
Yo o kasane musubu kōri no shita ni sae kokoro fukaku mo yadoru tsuki kana
Even beneath the ice that thickens night after night, the moon dwells deep and full of heart.
Senzai Wakashu - Taira no Saneshige
Izuku ni ka tsuki wa hikari o todomu ran yadorishi mizu mo kōri inikeri
Where, I wonder, does the moon let its light rest now? Even the water where it used to dwell has frozen over.
Senzai Wakashu - Taira no Chikamune
Fuyu kureba yukute ni hito wa kumanedomo kōri zo musubu yama no i no mizu
When winter comes, no traveler stops to scoop it up, yet the ice binds the water of the mountain spring as if to cup it.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Nariie
Tsuki no sumu sora ni wa kumo mo nakarikeri utsurishi mizu wa kōri hedatete
There are no clouds at all in the sky where the moon shines clear; it is only the water where the moon was reflected that is screened from it by ice.
Senzai Wakashu - Dōin
Tsurara ite migakeru kage no miyuru kana makoto ni ima ya Tamagawa no mizu
Now that ice has formed, it shines as if polished; is this not, truly, now the water of the Jewel River, true to its name?
Senzai Wakashu - Retired Emperor Sutoku
Tsuki sayuru kōri no ue ni arare furi kokoro kudakuru Tamagawa no sato
Onto the ice that gleams cold beneath the moon the hail comes down, and in the village of Tamagawa the heart breaks into pieces.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Shunzei
Sayuru yo no maki no itaya no hitorine ni kokoro kudake to arare furu nari
On a freezing night, as I sleep alone beneath my roof of cedar boards, I hear the hail come down as if to say, "Let your heart break."
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Yoshitsune
Asato akete miru zo sabishiki kataoka no nara no hiroha ni fureru shirayuki
How lonely it is to open the door in the morning and see it: the white snow lying on the broad oak leaves of the hillside.
Senzai Wakashu - Minamoto no Tsunenobu
Yo o komete tani no toboso ni kaze samumi kanete zo shiruki mine no hatsuyuki
Deep in the night the wind at my valley door is so cold that I know already, before I see it: the first snow has fallen on the peak.
Senzai Wakashu - Retired Emperor Sutoku
Saewataru yowa no keshiki ni miyamabe no yuki no fukasa o sora ni shiru kana
From the bitter chill that fills the midnight air, I know without seeing, from the sky itself, how deep the snow lies in the far mountains.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Suemichi
Kiyuru o ya miyako no hito wa oshimu ran kesa yamazato ni harau shirayuki
Do the people of the capital grieve to see it melt, this white snow that we sweep aside this morning in the mountain village?
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kiyosuke