01: 天(あま)つ日にひかりかぎろひこまやかに羽根ふるはせて啼く雲雀(ひばり)見ゆ
Glimmering in sunlight
while sometimes shadowed
in the haze of heat,
with a slight tremor
in its wings, a lark sings
02: 麦ばたの垂り穂のうへにかげ見えて電車過ぎゆく池袋村
A shadow comes into view
over the drooping ears
of wheat fields and,
through the Ikebukuro village,
a steam train goes by
03: それほどにうまきかと人のとひたらばなんと答へむこの酒の味
How should I answer
if someone asks
why I am so
out of my mind with it—
this exquisite flavor, sake
04: 津の国の伊丹の里ゆはるばると白雪来るその酒来る
All the way from a brewer
in the remote Itami village
it reaches me at last
the grand brand "White Snow,"
the gem of the Tsu region
05: 昼の浜思ひほほけしまろび寝にづんと響きて白浪あがる
Absent-mindedly
sprawling on the lonely shore
in the afternoon,
I'm struck with a dull thud,
and foamy white waves rise
06: 飛ぶ、飛ぶ、とび魚がとぶ、朝日のなかをあはれかなしきこころとなり
Hopping here, springing there, flying fish flit
only to become sadly
aware in the morning sun
07: われを恨み罵りしはてに噤(つぐ)みたる母のくちもとにひとつの歯もなき
Calling me names
showing her wrath
against my way
mother shuts her mouth—
no more teeth left
08: ゆく水のとまらぬこころ持つといへどをりをり濁る貧しさゆゑに
Although I believe
my mind is passing always
like unstoppable waters
it muddies sometimes
because of this poverty
09: かんがへて飲みはじめたる一合の二合の酒の夏のゆふぐれ
After much thought
I start drinking
one bottle of sake and
cannot stop having the second
when the summer dusk falls
