Nothing of the Heart ... [MB357]

Kí no Tsurá-Yukí:

Nothing of the heart one knows
even though in one's hometown
blossoms as of old give off
their fragrant scent.


Matsuo Bashô:

Mind's Bitter Snow,
nor I my heart, though I smell
apricot blossoms !!


Translations: 白狐

hitó wa isá / kokóro no shirá zu / furúsàtò wa /
haná zò mukáshi no ká / ni nióï kéru.


men klein-beetje / van-hart weet niet / in't-geboortedorp /
bloesem(s) echter als-vanouds [met-]geurigheid / geur afgeven.
[ka(-óri) ni nióï = smell/scent of/with fragrance > fragrant smell.]

[MB357: Spring, 1688.]
Akókùsò* no / kokóro mò shirá zu / umé no haná.

[* childhood name of Ki no Tsurayuki.]