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Monthly Archives: June 2020

Eikyū hyakushu

Eikyū hyakushu 196

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Summer Hunting (夏猟)

つねならぬかりのこの世はせこがいるなつのの刈の心ちこそすれ

tsune naranu
kari no kono yo wa
seko ga iru
natsuno no kari no
kokochi koso sure
So fleeting is
This transient world, where
My man does shoot;
As a summer plain reaped down
Is how I truly feel!

Daishin

DaishinSummer Hunting
Eikyū hyakushu

Eikyū hyakushu 194

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Summer Hunting (夏猟)

ねらひするしづをがさまをさをしかの一村草とみてやよるらん

neraisuru
shizuo ga sama o
saoshika no
hitomurakusa to
mite ya yoruran
Taking aim
As a peasant does,
Do the deer,
Clumped as grass,
Appear to draw near?

Kanemasa

KanemasaSummer Hunting
Eikyū hyakushu

Eikyū hyakushu 193

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Summer Hunting (夏猟)

夏かりのせこがいる野にたつ鹿は秋よりさきにねをや鳴くらん

natsu kari no
seko ga iru no ni
tatsu shika wa
aki yori saki ni
ne o ya nakuran
For summer reaped are
The plains where my man does shoot;
Will the starting stags
Before the autumn
Begin to bell?

Tadafusa

Summer HuntingTadafusa
Eikyū hyakushu

Eikyū hyakushu 192

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Summer Hunting (夏猟)

夏の野におちくる鹿を待ちかけてあふにあふともみゆるせなかな

natsu no no ni
ochikuru shika no
machikakete
au ni au tomo
miyuru sena kana
To the summer plains
Descend the deer,
Waiting expectantly;
Meet them I may, and yet
Their rumps are all I’ll see!

Toshiyori

Summer HuntingToshiyori
Eikyū hyakushu

Eikyū hyakushu 190

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Summer Hunting (夏猟)

夏のたつをぎの葉ずりの風の音にふすののしかはいまやおくらむ

natsu no tatsu
ogi no hazuri no
kaze no oto ni
fusu no noshika wa
ima ya okuran
In summer arises
A rustling of the silver-grass with
The sound of wind
Will the lounging deer upon the plain
Now awake, perhaps?

Akinaka

AkinakaSummer Hunting
Man'yōshū

MYS XII: 2985

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On thinking deep thoughts.

梓弓末はし知らずしかれどもまさかは君に寄りにしものを

adusayumi
suwe pasi sirazu
sikaredomo
masaka pa kimi ni
yorinisi mono wo
A catalpa bow:
The end, indeed, I know not,
And yet, and yet,
‘Tis you that
My thoughts have ever dwelt upon…

Anonymous

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Shunmusō

Shunmusō III: 2000

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あしひきの山遠き月を空におきて月影高き末の架け橋

ashihiki no
yama tōki tsuki o
sora ni okite
tsukikage takaki
sue no kakehashi
Leg-wearying,
Above the distant mountains, the moon
Hangs in the sky;
Soaring moonbeams
A bridge between the peaks.

Shōhaku 肖柏 (1443-1527)

moonmoonbeamsskytsukitsukikage
Man'yōshū

MYS XI: 2704

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あしひきの山下とよみ行く水の時ともなくも恋ひわたるかも

asipiki no
yamasita toyomi
yuku midu no
toki tomokaku mo
kopiwataru kamo
Leg-wearying,
The mountain’s foot resounds with
Rushing waters
Endlessly –
As flows my love for you!

Anonymous

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Hitomaro-shū

Hitomaro-shū 180

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あしひきの山下とよみ行く水の時ぞともなく恋ひわたるかも

ashihiki no
yamashita toyomi
yuku mizu no
toki zo tomokaku
koiwataru kamo
Leg-wearying,
The mountain’s foot resounds with
Rushing waters
Endlessly –
As flows my love for you!
mizuwaters
Eikyū hyakushu

Eikyū hyakushu 186

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Cormorant Fishingon the River(鵜河)

さ夜すがらあゆふす川にかがり火のかげと友にもうかびつるかな

sayo sugara
ayu fusu kawa ni
kagaribi no
kage to tomo ni mo
ukabitsuru kana
All the brief night long
Sweetfish hiding in the river, with
The torches’
Light come
Drifting up!

Tadafusa

Cormorants on the RiverTadafusa

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