Early Evening (晩立)
故郷をたづぬる道にかきくらしむら雲さわぐ夕立のそら
| furusato o tazunuru michi ni kakikurashi muragumo sawagu yūdachi no sora | My ancient home Is visited by paths Dragged into darkness by The crowding clouds In a sky of evening showers. |
Higo
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Eikyū hyakushu 222
Early Evening (晩立)
夕立にをちのみぞ川まさりつつふらぬ里までながれきにけり
| yūdachi ni ochi no mizogawa masaritsutsu furanu sato made nagare kinikeri | With the evening showers The distant drainage ditches Are overflowing; All the way to an untouched estate Do they run! |
Kanemasa
Eikyū hyakushu 221
Early Evening (晩立)
朝日山さしてきたれど夕立にかづくたもとはひるよしもなし
| asahiyama sashite kitaredo yūdachi ni kazuku tamoto wa hiru yoshi mo nashi | Across Asahi Mountain I have made my way, yet Evening shower Drenched sleeves Have no reason to dry. |
Tadafusa
Eikyū hyakushu 220
Early Evening (晩立)
夕立はきりにきるともあづさ弓いにいてさへばくれずも有るかな
| yūdachi wa kiri ni kirutomo azusayumi ini’ide saeba kurezu mo aru kana | Evening showers Clad in mist, yet When a catalpa bow Emerges to interfere There is no dusk, at all. |
Toshiyori
Eikyū hyakushu 219
Early Evening (晩立)
夕立やたらちねならんぬれがほも猶なつかしきをみなへしかな
| yūdachi ya tarachine naran nuregao mo nao natsukashiki ominaeshi kana | Are the evening showers Their mother, perhaps? A tear-streaked face, too Is dear, indeed, On a maidenflower… |
Nakazane
Eikyū hyakushu 218
Early Evening (晩立)
夕立や雲のさわぎに風はやみ露をとどむる草のはぞなき
| yūdachi ya kumo no sawagi ni kaze wa yami tsuyu o todomuru kusa no ha zo naki | An evening shower: The clouds confused With the dropping of the wind, and Dewdrops lingering On not a single blade of grass. |
Akinaka
Nōinshū 256
鳴るかみの夕立にこそ雨は降れ御手あら新井洗川の水まさるらし
| narukami no yūdachi ni koso ame wa fure mitarashigawa no mizu masarurashi |
The thunder Brings an evening shower Fall of rain: The Mitarashi River’s Waters seem high, indeed! |
Nōin
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Kokin rokujō I: 511
夏の日の俄かに曇る夕立の思ひもかけぬ世にもあるかな
| natu no Fi no niFka ni kumoru yuFudati no omoFi mo kakenu yo ni mo aru kana |
A summer day Briefly clouded by An evening shower: How unexpected Is this world! |
Kokin rokujō I: 510
夕立の雨うち降れば春日野の尾花が上の白露は思ほゆ
| yuFudati no ame utiFureba kasugano no wobana ga uFe no siratuyu Fa omoFoyu |
When evening showers’ Rain does fall, On the plain at Kasuga Upon the miscanthus grass Silver dewfall comes to mind. |
Kokin rokujō I: 121
夕立に夏はいぬめりそぼちつつ秋の境にいまやいたらむ
| yuFudati ni natu Fa inumeri sobotitutu aki no sakaFi ni ima ya itaramu |
In an evening shower Summer seems to leave; All drenched is The edge of autumn Now arrived, indeed! |