もろくともいざしらつゆにみをなしてきみがあたりのくさにきえなん
moroku tomo
iza shiratsuyu ni
mi o nashite
kimi ga atari no
kusa ni kienan | Fragile they may be, but
Well, into silver dewdrops
Would I transform myself, and
By your side, my love,
Vanish among the grasses… |
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思ふともこふともあはむ物なれやゆふてもたゆくとくるしたひも
omoFu tomo
koFu tomo aFamu
mono nare ya
yuFu te mo tayuku
tokuru sitaFimo | However much I long,
However much I love, will a meeting
There ever be?
My hands weary of tying
My loosening underbelt… |
Anonymous
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わたつ海のおきつしほあひにうかぶあわのきえぬものからよる方もなし
wata tu umi no
oki tu siFoaFi ni
ukabu awa no
kienu mono kara
yoru kata mo nasi | Across the broad sea sweep
In the offing upon the clashing tides
Floats foam
Endlessly, though
It has nowhere to go… |
Anonymous
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枕よりあとよりこひのせめくればせむ方なみぞとこなかにをる
makura yori
ato yori koFi no
semekureba
semu kata nami zo
toko naka ni woru | From my pillow
To my feet, by love
I am hard pressed, so
There is naught for me to do, but
Stay within my bed! |
Anonymous
Sent to someone who had served the empress of former Emperor Ichijō, who gone to Hyūga province.
あかねさす日にむかひても思ひいでよみやこはしのぶながめすらんと
akane sasu
Fi ni mukaFitemo
omoFi’ideyo
miyako Fa sinobu
nagame suran to | Shining madder red
Toward the sun have you made your way, but
O, remember,
To recall the capital, and
Turn your gaze that way… |
Her Majesty, the Empress
A folk song about the village of Asahi in Ōmi Province, performed at the eastern celebration of the Great Thanksgiving Service in Chōwa 5 [1016].
あかねさす朝日のさとのひかげぐさ豊明のかざしなるべし
akane sasu
asahi no sato no
hikagegusa
toyo no akari no
kazashi narubeshi | Shining madder red
Morning sun rises over Asahi village,
Sunlight upon the ground pines, for
The banquets, ever lit,
A fine hair decoration! |
Sukechika, Master of Service
祭主輔親
Watching the sun setting
あかねさす朝日のさとのひかげぐさ豊明のかざしなるべし
Fi no iru Fa
kurenawi ni koso
nitarikere | The setting of the sun
Truly, scarlet
Resembles |
Dharma Master Kansen
観暹法師
あかねさすともおもひけるかな
akane sasu tomo
omoikeru kana | Of shining madder red
Does it put me in mind! |
Taira no Tamenari
平為成
Composed when remembering someone who had passed away in the autumn.
としごとにむかしはとほくなりゆけどうかりし秋はまたもきにけり
tosi goto ni
mukasi Fa toFoku
nariyukedo
ukarisi aki Fa
mata mo kinikeri | Every single year
That long-gone day more distant
Grows, yet
Despised autumn
Has come round once more. |
Minamoto no Shigeyuki
Presenting rice and oil to the Buddha.
雲も海もつぎしとぞ思ふ君がためひろき心のかぎりなければ
kumo mo umi mo
tsukiji to zo omou
kimi ga tame
hiroki kokoro no
kagiri nakereba | Both clouds and sea
Shall never end I feel!
For you, my Lord,
The breadth of my heart
Has no limits, at all… |
Jien
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Recited aloud on the rising sun at Ōtsu beach.
きみがよはおほつのはまのまさごもてかずととるともつきじとぞ思ふ
kimi ga yo wa
ōtsu no hama no
masago mote
kazu to toru tomo
tsukiji to zo omou | My Lord’s reign: though
On Ōtsu beach should
The fair sands
Be numbered,
Shall never end, I feel. |
Ōe no Masafusa
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