Topic unknown.
君やこむ我やゆかむのいさよひにまきのいたどもささずねにけり
kimi ya komu
ware ya yukamu no
isayoFi ni
maki no itado mo
sasazu nenikeri | Will you come, or
Should I go?
Caught in hesitation,
My door of cedar boards
Unbarred, do I fall asleep. |
Anonymous
Composed on returning geese.
はるかすみたつを見すててゆくかりは花なきさとにすみやならへる
Faru kasumi
tatu wo misutete
yuku kari Fa
Fana naki sato ni
sumi ya naraeru | Spring hazes
Rising do they ignore –
Are the departing geese
In dwellings without blossom
Accustomed to reside? |
Ise
伊勢
Topic unknown.
かくしつつ世をやつくさむ高砂のをのへにたてる松ならなくに
kakusitutu
yo wo ya tukusamu
takasago no
wonoFe ni tateru
matu naranaku ni | Thus, I wonder
Will my life come to an end?
For on Takasago’s
Heights standing
A pine tree I am not … |
Anonymous
Composed for a folding screen with a picture suited to a month of the year upon it.
あふさかの関のし水に影見えて今やひくらんもち月のこま
aFusaka no
seki no simidu ni
kage miete
ima ya Fikuran
motiduki no koma | In Ausaka
Barrier’s spring waters
Are they reflected;
Is it now they’re taken hence,
The colts of Mochizuki? |
Ki no Tsurayuki
The Kamo Festival (加茂祭)
かけてゆく人はかはれど年をへておなじ色なるあふひ草かな
kakete yuku
hito wa kawaredo
toshi o hete
onaji ironaru
aoigusa kana | All garlanded, they go
The folk do change, yet
With the passing years
Ever the same are the hues of
The hollyhocks! |
Tadafusa
The Kamo Festival (加茂祭)
ひきつれてわたる気色をきてみればいつきぞ神の飾なりける
hikitsurete
wataru keshiki o
kite mireba
itsuki zo kami no
kazari narikeru | Drawn by
The broad prospect
I have come to see;
Purity it is, the Gods
Does garland. |
Toshiyori
The Kamo Festival (加茂祭)
めづらしく年に一たびあふひをや神もうれしとみそなはすらん
mezurashiku
toshi ni hito tabi
aoi o ya
kami mo ureshi to
misonawasuran | Strangely
But once a year
Do the hollyhocks
The Gods with pleasure
Seem to gaze? |
Akinaka
'Simply moving and elegant'