Dies Hiemales.

-- Prima Pars --

Hiemivastitas,
aves parvae perscrutant
porrarium meum.

Winterbarrenness,
the rummaging of small birds
through a bed of leek.

[Yosa Buson #801.]
fuyu-zare ya / ko-tori no asaru / nira-batake.

zare = from sarasu = to lay bare.
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-- Secunda Pars --

Frigus et sonus
muris qui trepidat in
tabula(m)* cenae.

A mouse's cold
sound of tripping steps on
a dinner plate.

[Yosa Buson #806.]
sara wo fumu / nezumi no oto no / samusa ka-na.

"plate (acc.) treading-on / mouse's sounds' / cold(-ness) I-wonder-?!"

* tabulam > tripping on a table onto a dinner plate !!
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-- Tertia Pars --

Manipulatim
porra congelantia
senex resecat.

Manipulatim
porra algescentia
senex resecat.

Bundle-wise
an old man cuts away
the leek dying of frost.

[Yosa Buson #802.]
shimo arete / nira wo kari-toru / okina ka-na.

"because it deteriorates by-frost //
leek (acc.) by-cutting takes/-ing/collects/-ing (verb or adjective) //
old-man I-wonder-?!"
> "a leek cutting taking old man, because it's dying of frost, I wonder ?!"
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