山ぢさの白露重みうらぶれて心も深く我が恋やまず
| yamadisa no siratuyu omomi uraburete kokoro mo pukaku wa ga kopi yamazu |
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Monthly Archives: December 2015
MYS VII: 1360
Asuka Historical Park: Man’yō Botanical Garden Road
KYS I: 60
On the conception of falling flowers.
春ごとにおなじ櫻の花なれば惜しむ心もかはらざりけり
| Faru goto ni onazi sakura no Fana nareba oshimu kokoro mo kaFazarikeri |
Each and every spring Just the same the cherry Blossoms, So, too, my feelings of regret, Are unchanging. |
The Mother of Lord Nagazane
KYS I: 8
In reply:
朝戸あけて春の木末の雪みれば初花ともやいふべかるらん
| asato akete Faru no kozuwe no yuki mireba FatuFana tomo ya iFubekaruran |
On opening my morning door, and In springtime on the treetops Snow seeing, ‘First flowers’, perhaps I should call it… |
Master of the Crown Prince’s Household Office [Fujiwara no] Kinzane (1053-1107)
KYS I: 7
Sent around the First Day of the First Month, when snow was falling:
あらたまの年のはじめに降りしけば初雪とこそいふべからりけれ
| aratama no tosi no Fadime ni Furisikeba Fatuyuki to koso iFubekarikere | When at the jewel-bright, new Year’s beginning It falls so heavily, ‘First snow’, I should call it. |
Master of the Office of Palace Repairs [Fujiwara no] Akisue (1055-1123)
SKKS VI: 659
SKKS VI: 658
KKS XX: 1099
SKKS VI: 655
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ねやのうへにかたえさしおほひそともなる葉びろがしはに霰ふる也
| neya no ue ni katae sashiōi soto mo naru habirogashiwa arare furu nari |
Above my bedchamber Stretches forth a single branch From the back garden Of broad-leafed oak? Upon it hail is falling. |
The Monk Noin