打靡 春去来者 小竹之末丹 尾羽打触而 鶯鳴毛
うちなびく はるさりくれば しののうれに をはうちふれて うぐひすなくも
utinabiku
paru sarikureba
sino no ure ni
wopa utipurete
ugupisu naku mo | When, trailing in,
Comes spring,
The leaf-tips of the arrow bamboo
Brush against the wings and tail
Of the singing warbler! |
夕さればすずふく嵐身にしみてよしののたけにみゆきふるらし
yū sareba
suzu fuku arashi
mi ni shimite
yoshino no take ni
miyuki fururashi | When the evening comes,
Storm winds gusting through the arrow bamboo
Pierce my flesh;
On the high peak of Yoshino,
Fair snow is a’falling, it seems. |
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'Simply moving and elegant'
