Mako's Poetry in Japan Page
here you'll find 12th Japanese short pieces of poetry
pieces of poetry are translated into English
From Tago Beach I view the sight,
    Above the clouds, of Fuji's brow
Sublime, all covered with the white
    Of snow that seems there falling now.
                                    YAMABE-NO AKAHITO *** Out in the field of spring I go
    To gather young herbs for your sake,
But now, alas, here comes the snow
    To wet my coat-sleeves with its flake.
                                    THE EMPEROR KOKO *** The double cherry blossoms, lo,
    Of Nara, the ancient capital,
Now in the Imperial Palace blow,
    Glorious and sweet before us all.
                                    THE LADY ISE-NO OHSUKE *** How the village friend may meet me
    I know not, but the old plum flowers
Still now with their fragrance greet me
    Kindly as in the bygone hours
                                    KINO TSURAYUKI *** I hear a cuckoo in the sky,
    But when I seek to spot the call,
Only the morning moon's on high,
    And of the bird no sign at all.
                                    GOTOKUDAIJI SANESADA *** Spring is already gone and now
    It seems the summer's come, for lo,
All white is yonder Kagu's brow
    With garments airing row on row.
                                    THE EMPRESS JITO *** The day soon breaks in summer tide
    Even while night seems young as yet;
And does the moon forlornly ride
    Cloud-hidden till it comes to set?
                                    KIYOWARA-NO FUKAYABU *** Though cool the breeze athwart the trees,
    I see some bathers in the stream.
But for their sight in this twilight,
    Spring is the season it would seem.
                                    IYETAKA *** Cold the autumn wind is blowing,
    Scattering the dew about the lea.
And here I see the gusts now sowing
    Rare unstringed pearls free.
                                    BUNYA-NO ASAYASU *** How fair the Tatsua, for lo,
    Was the stream ever carpeted,
Even when Gods were here below,
    With such bright maple-leaves and red?
                                    ARIWARA-NO NARIHIRA *** The year's first frost this morning fell,
    And I who seek some flowers white
Of my chrysanthemums can't tell
    The blossom from the rime aright.
                                    OSHIKOCHI-NO MITSUNE *** Of all the seasons of the year
    Winter in mountain hamlets bare
Is the most forlorn and dear,
    Since men and grass then are so rare.
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