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Monthly Archives: July 2021

Eikyū hyakushu

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Hotsprings 出湯

うきことも思ひさましてふるものをなどやいでゆのわきかへるらん

ukikoto mo
omoisamashite
furu mono o
nado ya ideyu no
wakikaeruran
Something sad
Struck me on waking;
‘Tis ancient, so
Why does the hotspring water
Always gush forth anew?

Daishin

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Hotsprings 出湯

世の人の恋のやまひの薬とや七くりのゆのわきかへるらん

yo no hito no
koi no yamai no
kusuri to ya
nanakuri no yu no
wakikaeruran
For folk in this world
Suffering love’s sickness,
Can this be a remedy?
At Nanakuri, the hotspring
Always gushes forth anew!

Higo

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Hotsprings 出

わたつ海ははるけきものをいかにしてありまの山にしほゆいづらん

wata tsu umi wa
harukeki mono o
ika ni shite
arima no yama ni
shioyu izuran
The broad sea sweep
Lies far away, so
Why is it that
On Arima Mountain
A salty hotspring should bubble forth?

Kanemasa

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Hotsprings 出湯

なげきのみありまの山にいづるゆのからくてよにもふる我が身かな

nageki nomi
arima no yama ni
izuru yu no
karakute yo ni mo
furu wa ga mi kana
Simply sad on
Arima Mountain;
In the bubbling hotspring
At last, grown
Old have I!

Tadafusa

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Hotsprings 出湯

みくまののゆごりのまつをさすさをのひろひ行くらんかくていとなし

mikumano no
yugori no matsu o
sasu sao no
hiroiyukuran
kakute itonashi
In fair Kumano
The pine trees take the waters –
Thrusting boat-poles in
As in a stately promenade:
How busy they are!

Toshiyori

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Eikyū hyakushu

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Hotsprings 出湯

ましららのはまの走湯うらさびていまはみゆきのかげもうつらず

mashirara no
hama no hashiriyu
urasabite
ima wa miyuki no
kage mo utsurazu
At fair Shirara
Strand the gushing hotsprings
Are downcast, for
Now, of an imperial visit
Not even a trace shines forth…

Nakazane

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Hotsprings 出湯

よとともにしたにたく火はなけれども島ねのみゆはさむるよもなし

yo to tomo ni
shita ni taku hi wa
nakeredomo
shimane no miyu wa
samuru yo mo nashi
With the coming of the night
Kindled flames below
Are there none, yet
In Shimane with the hotsprings
The nights hold no chill at all!

Akinaka

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Stars 星

あまつ空夕の星のよそにても恋しき人をみるよしもがな

ama tsu sora
yū no hoshi no
yoso nite mo
koishiki hito o
miru yoshi mo gana
In the sky-spanning heavens
The evening stars are
So far away;
If only my darling
I could, somehow, see!

Daishin

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Stars 星

我ひとりかまくら山をこえゆけばほし月夜こそうれしかりけれ

ware hitori
kamakurayama o
koeyukeba
hoshizukiyo koso
ureshikarikere
When alone I,
Over dim Mount Kamakura
Do make my way,
A starlit night
Is most pleasant, indeed!

Higo

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Stars 星

ひこぼしの心も空にはつ秋の七日の夜をやこひしかるらん

hikoboshi no
kokoro mo sora ni
hatsu’aki no
nanuka no yo o ya
koishikaruran
Does the Herd Boy’s
Heart within the skies
Find early autumn’s
Seventh night
The most dear of all?

Kanemasa

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