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あしひきの山郭公わがごとや君に恋ひつつ寝ねがてにする
asiFiki no
yamaFototogisu
wa ga goto ya
kimi ni koitutu
inegate ni suru | Leg-wearying,
O, mountain cuckoo,
Just as I,
Are you ever in love and
Unable to sleep at all? |
Anonymous
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わが園の梅の末枝に鶯の音になきぬべき恋もするかな
wa ga sono no
ume no Fodue ni
uguFisu no
ne ni nakinubeki
koFi mo suru kana | In my garden
From the plum treetops
A warbler
Does cry so –
He must be in love, as I… |
Anonymous
Felicitations 賀
つきもせぬ君がよはひはいくちよとかぎれる竹の枝にやあるらん
tsuki mo senu
kimi ga yowai wa
iku chiyo to
kagireru take no
eda ni ya aruran | Inexhaustible is
My Lord’s age:
How many thousand generations
Limit it – a bamboo
Branch might know! |
Daishin
Felicitations 賀
我が君をいはひこめつつ竹の枝ちよとちぎるはうれしかりけり
wa ga kimi o
iwaikometsutsu
take no eda
chiyo to chigiru wa
ureshikarikeri | For My Lord
While deep in celebration
Upon a branch of bamboo
‘Live a thousand generations!’ I vow –
What joy! |
Higo
Felicitations 賀
我が君のよはひたけたるうれしさは大宮人の身にあまるらん
wa ga kimi no
yowai taketaru
ureshisa wa
ōmiyabito no
mi ni amaruran | My Lord’s
Age has reached such lofty heights –
Could the joy of
Courtiers all
Be any greater? |
Kanemasa
Felicitations 賀
我がやどにうれしきことぞふりにけるふるにかひある天が下かな
wa ga yado ni
ureshiki koto zo
furinikeru
furu ni kai aru
ame no shita kana | At my home
A joyous event
Has arrived –
Its arrival the effect
Of Heaven’s blessings! |
Tadafusa
Felicitations 賀
かしは木を推のしづえにをりかへてさいうさまでやふしまろぶらん
kashiwagi o
shii no shizue ni
orikaete
saifusa made ya
fushimaroburan | An oak tree into
A brushwood branch
Have I twisted –
Until the formal procession
Will I be overcome with joy? |
Toshiyori
Felicitations 賀
うれしさを袖につつみて過ぎきにきいまは何かは身にもあまらん
ureshisa o
sode ni tsutsumite
sugiki ni ki
ima wa nanika wa
mi ni mo amaran | My joy was
Wrapped within my sleeves, but
Has exceeded them long since –
Now, is there anything
That could be any greater? |
Nakazane
Felicitations 賀
君が代はうれしきたびにきる杖のつもれる数を知る人ぞなき
kimi ga yo wa
ureshiki tabi ni
kiru tsue no
tsumoreru kazu o
shiru hito zo naki | For my Lord’s reign
This is such a joyous time –
Staves of celebration cut
In numbers piled so high that
None can count them. |
Akinaka
Coming of Age 元服
むらさきのはつもとゆひにむすびおかんつるばみの衣ちとせふるまで
murasaki no
hatsu motoyui ni
musubiokan
tsurubami no kinu
chitose furu made | With violet was
Your first topknot
Tied for now;
May you wear noble, dark grey garb
Until a thousand years have passed! |
Daishin
'Simply moving and elegant'