Love Separated by Distant Roads 隔遠路恋
はるばるとおもひやれどもあさゆふにゆかぬ心のくるしきやなぞ
harubaru to
omoiyaredomo
asa yū ni
yukanu kokoro no
kurushiki ya nazo | On the distance far
Do dwell my pondering thoughts, so
Why, morning and evening, too,
Does my heart, held here,
Feel such pain? |
Tadafusa
Love Separated by Distant Roads 隔遠路恋
すくせかななどいなむやの関をしもへだてて人にねをなかすらん
sukuse kana
nado inamuya no
seki o shimo
hedatete hito ni
ne o nakasuran | It must be fate!
Why is it that with even Inamuya’s
Barrier gate
Between them, folk
Must make such cries? |
Toshiyori
Love Separated by Distant Roads 隔遠路恋
白雲の八重なる山はかさぬともこころは空にかよへとほづま
shiragumo no
yae naru yama wa
kasanu tomo
kokoro wa sora ni
kayoe tōzuma | Clouds of white,
Eightfold upon the mountains
Do not lie, yet
My heart, into the skies
Fly back and forth, to my distant love! |
Nakazane
Love Separated by Distant Roads 隔遠路恋
恋ひしなでいきの松原いきたりとつげだにやらぬ道のはるけさ
koishinade
iki no matsubara
ikitari to
tsuge dani yaranu
michi no harukesa | I’ll not die of love, but
As the pine groves at Iki
Live on –
Even that, I cannot proclaim,
So long is the road between us… |
Akinaka
Love Interrupted by a Year 経年恋
立ちかはる春のかすみぞうらめしきあひみぬ年をへだつとおもへば
tachikawaru
haru no kasumi zo
urameshiki
aiminu toshi o
hedatsu to omoeba | The swiftly changing
Hazes of spring,
How I envy them!
When, a year with no tryst
Does stand between, I think… |
Daishin
Love Interrupted by a Year 経年恋
いかにせんあはで年さへこえぬるにわすれぬ恋の心ながさを
ika ni sen
awade toshi sae
koenuru ni
wasurenu koi no
kokoro nagasa o | O, what am I to do?
For even a year with no meeting
Have I spent, but
An unforgettable love
Runs through my heart… |
Higo
Love Interrupted by a Year 経年恋
あふことをとしぎりしたる我が身かな花さきがたき桃ならなくに
au koto o
toshigiri shitaru
wa ga mi kana
hana sakigataki
momo naranaku ni | Meetings
Biennial have become
For me!
For all that a rarely blooming
Peach tree I am not… |
Kanemasa
Love Interrupted by a Year 経年恋
もどかしと七夕つめやおもふらんあはぬ年なきおのがならひに
modokashi to
tanabatatsume ya
omouran
awanu toshi naki
ono ga narai ni | Wretched
Would the Weaver Maid
Think me?
For to have a year with no tryst at all
Is not what she expects… |
Tadafusa
Love Interrupted by a Year 経年恋
年こえぬさのみはまたじしなが烏いなのみそ川すまじとすらん
toshi koenu
sa nomi wa mataji
shina ga tori
ina no misogawa
sumaji to suran | An entire year gone by –
I simply would not wait that long!
The grebes
At Ina’s harbour mouth
Would dwell there no more, it seems… |
Toshiyori
Love Interrupted by a Year 経年恋
立ちわかれいでてひさしもなけれどもあはでもとしの過ぎにけるかな
tachiwakare
idete hisashi mo
nakeredomo
awade mo toshi no
suginikeru kana | Since we parted and
You left, an eternity
It has not been, and yet
Without a meeting an entire year
Has certainly passed by! |
Nakazane
'Simply moving and elegant'