Shibata Zeshin (1888)

as a nduibhe is a n-éadóchas - alpann préacháin grian na maidine	in their blackness and despair - crows gobble up the morning sun
黒と悲に― カラス鳴きあぐ 朝陽かな Leagan Seapáinise: Mariko Sumikura	in thayr bleckness an wanhowp - craws gorblin the mornin sin Leagan Béarla na hAlban: John McDonald

Kawase Hasui

soilse na cathrach - na héisc féin táid meallta	city lights - even the fishes are attracted
街あかり 川魚すら 魅惑され Leagan Seapáinise: Mariko Sumikura	ceetie lichts - e'en the fush'r fair taen wi thaim Leagan Béarla na hAlban: John McDonald

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Highland superstition)

airgead i do phóca? tabhair croitheadh dó anois! gealach lán	silver in your pocket? shake it now! the moon is full
ポケットに硬貨？ 振ってみなさい 月貨で一杯 Leagan Seapáinise: Mariko Sumikura	siller i the pooch? shak it nou! the muin's fou Leagan Béarla na hAlban: John McDonald

Inoue Yasuji (1864 -1889)

ag tnúth le colainn - scáileanna faoi sholas na gealaí	the longing to become flesh - shadows in moonlight
憧れが 肢体となりぬ 月下の影 Leagan Seapáinise: Mariko Sumikura	this greenin tae becum flaish - sheddaes in muinlicht Leagan Béarla na hAlban: John McDonald

Hokusai

greim grámhar ar dhátphluma lena cholainn go léir - dreoilín teaspaigh	amorous grip of a persimmon with all its body - grasshopper
抱きすくめ 柿に夢中の キリギリス Leagan Seapáinise: Mariko Sumikura	fainly gruppin a persimmon wi aw'ts bouk - cricket Leagan Béarla na hAlban: John McDonald

Patsy Dan Rogers

 

sliabh i nDún na nGall -

orlach ar orlach sciobann sé

aigne an fhile

a mountain in Donegal -

inch by inch it takes away

the poet's mind

William Blake

A Negro Hung Alive by the Ribs to a Gallows
ár n-athair atá ar neamh - cén dath atá ort?	our father     who art in heaven -         what colour are you?
天に創りし 我らが父よ 御身の御色は？ Leagan Seapáinise: Mariko Sumikura	oor faither bidein in heiven - whit colour'r ye? Leagan Béarla na hAlban: John McDonald