On frost.
はなはだも夜更けてな行き道の邊の齋笹の上に霜の降る夜を
panapada mo
It’s so deepbamboo grass
Composed on blossom.
誰が園の梅にかありけむここだくも咲きてあるかも見が欲しまでに
ta ga sönö nö
In whose garden
On night.
よしゑやし戀ひじとすれど秋風の寒く吹く夜は君をしぞ思ふ
yosiweyasi
“Right, then!
しぐれの雨閒なくし降れば眞木の葉も爭ひかねて色づきにけり
sigure nö amë
Showers of rain
Composed on yellow leaves.
雁が音の寒き朝明の露ならし春日の山をもみたすものは
kari ga ne nö
The cries of geese
Composed on mountains.
春は萌え夏は綠に紅の綵色に見ゆる秋の山かも
paru pa moe
In spring they bud and
Composed on Frogs.
み吉野の岩もとさらず鳴くかはづうべも鳴きけり川をさやけみ
miyosino nö
In Yoshino
A courtly lover was supposed to leave his lady with the dawn, and so naturally his clothes would become wet with dew as he made his way home and so ‘dew drenched’ was to become a common image for the sorrow of parting. Here, the lady implies that her sleeves are as wet with her tears as her lover’s are with dew.
On dew.
夏草の露別け衣着けなくに我が衣手の干る時もなき
natu kusa nö
Summer grassesdew touched garb
On cicadas.
ひぐらしは時と鳴けども片戀にたわや女我れは時わかず泣く
pigurasi pa
The cicada
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