English renderings created for Hall of People with the assistance of ChatGPT.

1.

Facing Mount Yudono, I wept—
there was no other way
to thank the sacred mountain.

2.

The blazing current
carries the sun to the sea—
the ancient Mogami River.

3.

Spring night—
among the cherry blossoms!
Come quickly, dawn is near.

4.

Sleeping butterfly,
awake—
be my companion.

5.

The nightingale
sings my dreams
through lonely wilderness.

6.

Young bamboo shoots—
the very image
of abundant youth.

7.

Summer evening
among the mountain cedars—
a temple bell fills the silence.

8.

The water lily,
with no branch to cling to,
drifts away from the world.

9.

Moonlight at my window—
it rests within my shadow,
not in a golden frame.

10.

As I mount my horse,
the scent of tea
rises beneath the lonely moon.

11.

Fallen ill upon the road,
my thoughts still wander
through fields of flowers.

12.

Behind the temple bell
a blooming plum tree—
spring was already there.

13.

Wooden clappers, horns,
joyful drums—
here comes the spring.

14.

Voice of the cicada—
with tireless resolve
you pierce the rocks.

15.

I forgot
to wash my face
on the morning of the first snow.

16.

You love to gaze at things.
Nothing is lovelier
than the newborn moon.

17.

A reed alone—
the only growing life
beside a cottage fence.

18.

A bird mourns
the passing of spring;
even the fishes' eyes fill with tears.

19.

Where the waves
come only to die,
a dog barks at the great red moon.

20.

An old pond.
A frog leaps in—
the sound of water.

21.

My strength is gone.
Time to return home...
yet the wisteria is still in bloom.

22.

Let everyone know:
this is the name
they call me—Autumn Rain.

23.

Only a humble servant,
yet I wish
my name would linger among the clouds.

24.

Ah, in this world
may I leave behind one written leaf,
small as a blade of grass.