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Monthly Archives: February 2018

Man'yōshū

MYS X: 2231

10th February 2018 temca Leave a comment

On wind.

萩の花咲きたる野辺にひぐらしの鳴くなるなへに秋の風吹く

pagi no pana
sakitaru nobe ni
pigurasi no
nakunaru nape ni
aki no kaze puku
Bush clover blooms
Flowering in the fields where
While the evening cicadas
Sing
Blows the autumn wind.

Anonymous

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Man'yōshū

MYS X: 2157

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On cicadas.

夕影に来鳴くひぐらしここだくも日ごとに聞けど飽かぬ声かも

yupukage ni
ki naku pigurasi
kokodaku mo
pigoto ni kikedo
akanu kowe kamo
With the twilight
Comes to call the evening cicadas;
Endlessly
With every day I hear them yet,
Never do I tire of their song…

Anonymous

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Man'yōshū

MYS X: 1964

10th February 2018 temca Leave a comment

On cicadas.

黙もあらむ時も鳴かなむひぐらしの物思ふ時に鳴きつつもとな

moda mo aramu
toki mo nakanamu
pigurasi no
mono’omopu toki ni
nakitutu motona
When all is tranquil
Then, too, would I have you sing
O evening cicada!
But when I’m so sunk in thought
Do you cry endlessly!

Anonymous

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Man'yōshū

MYS VIII: 1479

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A poem by Ōtomo no Yakamochi on the evening cicada.

隠りのみ居ればいぶせみ慰むと出で立ち聞けば来鳴くひぐらし

komori nomi
woreba ibusemi
nagusamu to
idetachi kikeba
kinaku pigurasi
Shut indoors and
Sunk in misery,
I wonder what would console me;
Going outside, I listen and,
The evening cicadas come calling…

Ōtomo no Yakamochi

evening cicadashigurashiŌtomo no Yakamochi
Shikashū

SKS X: 353

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Composed when there was much disturbance in the world.

朝な朝な鹿の柵む萩がえの末葉の露のありがたのよや

asana asana
sika no sikaramu
Fagi ga e no
suweba no tuyu no
arigata no yo ya
Every morning
The stag is tangled in
Bush clover branches,
Dew upon the leaf-tips –
Such is the length of life…

Zōki
増基

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Man'yōshū

MYS VII: 1364

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On blossom.

見まく欲り恋ひつつ待ちし秋萩は花のみ咲きてならずかもあらむ

mimakupori
koitutu matisi
aki pagi pa
pana nomi sakite
narazu kamo aramu
Longing to see, and
Yearning have I awaited
The autumn bush clover:
In flower only does it bloom –
Will no more come of it that that…

Anonymous

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Man'yōshū

MYS VII: 1363

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On blossom.

春日野に咲きたる萩は片枝はいまだふふめり言な絶えそね

kasugano ni
sakitaru pagi pa
kataeda pa
imada pupumeri
koto na tae so ne
On Kasuga Plain
Blooms bush clover;
One branch is
Yet in bud, it seems;
Let its words cease not!

Anonymous

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Man'yōshū

MYS X: 2175

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On dew.

このころの秋風寒し萩の花散らす白露置きにけらしも

kono koro no
akikaze samusi
pagi no pana
tirasu siratuyu
wokinikerasi mo
At about this time
The autumn wind is chill;
Bush clover bloom
Scattering silver dewdrops –
Do they, perhaps, fall too?

Anonymous

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Man'yōshū

MYS VIII: 1605

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A poem by Ōtomo sukune Yakamochi.

高円の野辺の秋萩このころの暁露に咲きにけむかも

takamato no
nobe no akipagi
kono koro no
akatoki tuyu ni
sakinikemu kamo
At Takamato
The bush clover
At about this time
With dawn-time dew
Does it bloom, I wonder…
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Man'yōshū

MYS X: 2098

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On blossom.

奥山に棲むといふ鹿の夕さらず妻どふ萩の散らまく惜しも

wokuyama ni
sumu to ipu sika no
yopi sarazu
tumadopu pagi no
tiramaku wosimo
Deep within the mountains
Lives a stag;
Every evening
He calls upon his bride, the bush clover, but
That it is scattered, brings him only regret…
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