Composed in the conception of spring having come from the East.
東路は勿来の関もあるものをいかでか春の越えて来つらん
adumadi Fa
nakoso no seki mo
aru mono wo
ikadeka Faru no
koetekituran |
Upon the Eastern roads
Come not to the barrier of Nakoso,
They say, so
How is it that Spring
Has crossed to come to here? |
Minamoto no Morokata (1035-1081)
源師賢
超えわぶる逢坂よりも音に聞く勿来をかたき関としらなん
koewaburu
aFusaka yori mo
oto ni kiku
nakoso o kataki
seki to siranan |
Struggling to pass
Meeting Hill – more,
As the name suggests –
Difficult is Nakoso – Come not!
A barrier you should know! |
The Mother of Michitsuna
道綱母
When she was asked about the possibility of a meeting.
みるめ刈る海人の行きかふ湊路に勿来の関も我は据ゑぬを
mirume karu
ama no yukikau
minatoji ni
nakoso no seki mo
ware wa suenu o |
Gathering seaweed
The fisherfolk go back and forth
Along the harbour ways;
Come not to the barrier of Nakoso –
I have not placed it there, so… |
Ono no Komachi
小野小町
This poem is also Komachi-shū 小町集 (late. C9th) 5.
Composed when he had built himself a hut at Meeting Hill, and was watching people go by.
これやこの行くも帰るも別れつつ知るも知らぬも逢坂の関
kore ya kono
yuku mo kaFeru mo
wakaretutu
siru mo siranu mo
aFusaka no seki |
This is truly where
Folk leaving and returning
Are ever parting;
Strangers and friends:
Meeting Hill’s barrier. |
Semimaru
蝉丸
Topic unknown.
思ひやる心は常に通へどもあふ坂の關こえずもあるかな
omoFiyaru
kokoro Fa tune ni
kayoFedomo
aFusaka no seki
koezu mo aru kana |
Fond thoughts
My heart does always
Send to her, but
The barrier of Meeting Hill
Is one I cannot cross. |
Mimune no Kintada (?-949)
三統公忠
Topic unknown.
相坂のゆふつけどりもわがごとく人やこひしきねのみなくらむ
aFusaka no
yuFutukedori mo
wa ga gotoku
Fito ya koFisiki
ne nomi nakuramu |
At Meeting Hill
Beribboned cocks,
Just as I,
For love of you
Can only cry, it seems. |
Anonymous
Composed at Meeting Hill, when parting from someone.
相坂の関しまさしき物ならばあかずわかるる君をとどめよ
aFusaka no
seki si masasiki
mono naraba
akazu wakaruru
kimi wo todomeyo |
At Meeting Hill
Should the barrier be true,
Then
On parting, ever
Would I hold you here! |
Naniwa no Yorozuo
難波万雄
我妹子に逢坂山を越えて来て泣きつつ居れど逢ふよしもなし
wagimoko ni
apusakayama wo
koetekite
kite nakitutu
apu yosi mo nasi |
O, my darling,
Meeting Hill
Have I gone beyond
Weeping all the while,
For there is no meet with you… |
Nakatomi no Yakamori
中臣宅守
On flowers.
我妹子に逢坂山のはだすすき穂には咲き出ず恋ひわたるかも
wagimoko ni
apusakayama no
padasusuki
po ni pa sakidezu
kopiwataru kamo |
O, my darling,
On Meeting Hill,
The silver grass
Buds have yet to bloom
But I will ever love you! |
Anonymous
Composed as a Love poem, when His Majesty commanded a hundred poem sequence.
いまはただおさふる袖も朽ち果てて心のままにおつる涙か
ima Fa tada
osaFuru sode mo
kutiFatete
kokoro no mama ni
oturu namida ka |
Now, simply
Have my wave-dashed sleeves
Rotted all away;
Is there nothing in my heart
But dripping tears? |
Fujiwara no Suemichi
藤原季通
'Simply moving and elegant'