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
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
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 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 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
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
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)
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
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! |
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
'Simply moving and elegant'