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Monthly Archives: November 2021

Eikyū hyakushu

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Katsura 桂

久かたの月のかつらはとことはに色もかはらぬ物とこそきけ

hisakata no
tsuki no katsura wa
tokotowa ni
iro mo kawaranu
mono to koso kike
The eternal
Moon’s silver trees:
Everlastingly
Unchanged are their hues,
Or so I’ve heard!

Daishin

Daishinhuesirokatsuramoonsilver treestsuki
Eikyū hyakushu

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Katsura 桂

神山のかつらを折るは月のうちに我がおもふことならざらめやは

kamiyama no
katsura o oru wa
tsuki no uchi ni
wa ga omou koto
narazarame ya wa
On a mountain where deities dwell,
I break a katsura branch – though
Upon the moon
The object of my thoughts
Does not seem to be?

Higo

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Katsura 桂

なが月の月の光のさゆるかなかつらの枝にしもやおくらん

nagatsuki no
tsuki no hikari no
sayuru kana
katsura no eda ni
shimo ya okuran
In the longest month
The moonlight is
Chill, indeed!
Upon the branches of the silver trees
I wonder, does frost fall?

Kanemasa

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Eikyū hyakushu

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Katsura 桂

はれまなき心のやみにまよひつつえこそたをらね月のかつらを

harema naki
kokoro no yami ni
mayoitsutsu
e koso taorane
tsuki no katsura o
No parting of the clouds
Of darkness in my heart, so
I am ever lost –
No branch will I break from
A silver tree upon the moon…

Tadafusa

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Eikyū hyakushu

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Katsura 桂

人しれずけふをしまつと風はやみかつらの枝を折りもよわらず

hito shirezu
kyō o shimatsu to
kaze hayami
katsura no eda o
ori mo yowarazu
Unknown to all
For today have I made ready –
Amid the rushing wind
The katsura branches will
I break without hesitation!

Toshiyori

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Eikyū hyakushu

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Katsura 桂

我が身には吹くべき風も吹きこねばかつらの枝もをらずぞ有りける

wa ga mi ni wa
fukubeki kaze mo
fukikoneba
katsura no eda mo
orazu zo arikeru
Upon my flesh
I expect the touch of wind, but
Not a gust does come, so
The katsura branches, too,
Have remained unbroken.

Nakazane

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Katsura 桂

あまの原いつ時雨れして秋の夜の月のかつらもあかくなるらん

ama no hara
itsu shigureshite
aki no yo no
tsuki no katsura mo
akakunaruran
Upon the plain of Heaven
When will drizzle fall? For
On an autumn night
The silver trees upon the moon
Do seem to shine more bright!

Akinaka

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Eikyū hyakushu

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Sakaki 榊

ちはやぶる神のしめさす榊葉のさかゆく御代にあふぞうれしき

chihayaburu
kami no shimesasu
sakakiba no
sakayuku miyo ni
au zo ureshiki
The mighty
Gods’ own
Leaves of the sacred tree
An ever-flourishing reign
Reveal – how pleasant!

Daishin

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Sakaki 榊

万代の色もかはらぬためしには神なび山のさか木をぞとる

yorozuyo no
iro mo kawaranu
tameshi ni wa
kaminabiyama no
sakaki o zo toru
Ten-thousand generations
Of unchanging hues
Do they display, so
From the holy mountain
Will I gather sacred sakaki.

Higo

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Sakaki 榊

伊駒山手向はこれか木のもとに岩蔵うちて榊たてたり

ikoma yama
tamuke wa kore ka
ko no moto ni
iwakura uchite
sakaki tatetari
Upon Ikoma Mountain
Is this to be the offering?
Around the tree roots
Where the gods do dwell
Stands sacred sakaki.

Kanemasa

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