雷鳥（らいちょう）は寒（さむ）かろ、
ラ、リ、ル、レ、ロ。
蓮花（れんげ）が咲いたら、瑠璃（るり）の鳥。
Wrapped up in the snow, a grouse must feel cold.
RA, RI, RU, RE, RO.
Lotus flowers, lapis lazuli birds.
[Here is the Roma-ji version for typing with Japanese IME]
raichouha samukaro,
ra, ri, ru, re, ro.
renngega saitara, rurino tori.
[NOTE] (1)samukaro 寒かろ can be typed by "samui" 寒い and deleting い, then add "karo"かろ.
(2) 雷鳥 can be translated into English as "a grouse" or "a rock ptarmigan." I chose the first one because I want to make my English translations in a style of "pentameter."
(2) I think that 瑠璃の鳥 probably indicates "birds that have a color of lapis lazuli."
Original poem by 北原白秋（Hakushuu KITAHARA） (1885-1942)
English translation by Masamune SHIMAOKA
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