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あなこひし今も見てしか山がつのかきほにさける山となでしこ
ana koFisi
ima mo mitesika
yamagatu no
kakiFo ni sakeru
yamato nadesiko | O, how sweet!
And how I long to see
The mountain peasant’s
Lattice fence, where blooms
My darling Yamato pink! |
Anonymous
Composed on karukaya, when he presented a hundred poem sequence during the reign of former Emperor Horikawa.
秋くればおもひみだるるかるかやのした葉や人の心なるらん
aki kureba
omoimidaruru
karukaya no
shitaba ya hito no
kokoro naruran | When the autumn comes
So confused are my thoughts—
As the tangled tufts of grass
Below are folk’s
Feelings, I wonder? |
Major Counsellor Moroyori
大納言師頼
まめなれどなにぞはよけくかるかやのみだれてあれどあしけくもなし
mame naredo
nani zo Fa yokeku
karu kaya no
midarete aredo
asikeku mo nasi | A serious man am I,
Yet what is for the best?
Being as reaped thatch,
Tangled in confusion
Is not that bad, at all. |
Anonymous
Blossom despising the wind.
心うき風にもあるかな桜ばな咲くほどもなく成りぬべらなる
kokoro uki
kaze ni mo aru kana
sakurabana
saku hodo mo naku
narinuberanaru | How heartless
The wind must be!
The cherry blossom
Had but begun to bloom when
It came upon them. |
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Blossom avoiding the wind.
さきにけりながらのやまの桜ばな風にしられで散りも過ぎなん
sakinikeri
nagara no yama no
sakurabana
kaze ni shirarede
chiri mo suginan | They have bloomed
On Nagara Mountain—
Cherry blossoms;
Let the wind not know
To delay their scattering. |
あふさかのせきの関屋の板びさしまばらなればや花のもるらん
ausaka no
seki no sekiya no
itabisashi
mabara nareba ya
hana no moruran | At Meeting Hill
The barrier hut’s
Boarded eaves must
Be fitted ill for
Blossom seems to be fluttering through. |
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相坂のあらしの風にちる花をしばしとどむる関守ぞなき
ausaka no
arashi no kaze ni
chiru hana o
shibashi todomuru
sekimori zo naki | On Meeting Hill
The storm winds
Scatter blossom, but
To detain them briefly is
There no barrier warden. |
名にしおはばいざ尋ねみん逢坂の関路ににほふ花はありやと
na ni shi owaba
iza tazunemin
ausaka no
sekiji ni niou
hana wa ari to ya | If your name holds true, then
Why should I not visit you?
At Meeting Hill
Is the roadway to the barrier aglow
With blossom, I wonder? |
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Blossom on the way to a barrier.
たづねみるかひはまことに逢坂の関路ににほふ花にぞ有りける
tazune miru
kai wa makoto ni
ausaka no
sekiji ni niou
hana ni zo arikeru | Paying a visit here
Truly had some point to it, for
At Meeting Hill
The roadway to the barrier is aglow
With blossom! |
里はあれぬ志賀の花ぞのそのかみの昔の春や恋しかるらん
sato wa arenu
shiga no hanazono no
sono kami no
mukashi no haru ya
koishikaruran | The estate lies in ruins, so
Shiga’s blossom gardens
In those days
Of spring, long gone,
Do seem especially dear. |
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'Simply moving and elegant'
