Sages’ Dwellings 仙宮
たちぬはぬ衣の袖しふれければみちとせへてぞ桃もなりける
tachinuwanu
koromo no sode shi
furekereba
michitose hete zo
momo mo narikeru | Neither woven nor sewn are
This robe’s sleeves, but
When they wave
Three thousand years go by
Among the peaches. |
Toshiyori
Sages’ Dwellings 仙宮
桃の花しげきみたにに尋ねいりておもはぬ里に年ぞへにける
momo no hana
shigeki mitani ni
tazuneirite
omowanu sato ni
toshi zo henikeru | Upon peach blossoms
Growing lushly in a hidden valley,
Did I pay a visit, and
In that secret dwelling place
Did year on year go by. |
Nakazane
Sages’ Dwellings 仙宮
いかにかく山ぢをいづる時のまにみし人もなくとしのへぬらん
ika ni kaku
yamaji o izuru
toki no ma ni
mishi hito mo naku
toshi no henuran | How is it that
Departing on mountain paths
For but a brief space of time
Without someone known so well
Makes it seem that years have passed? |
Akinaka
'Simply moving and elegant'