ささのはにあられさやぎてみ山辺は峰のこがらししきりてふきぬ
sasa no ha ni
arare sayagite
miyamabe wa
mine no kogarashi
shikirite fukinu | The dwarf bamboo leaves
Rustle with the hail, as
Upon the distant mountainside
The chill wind from the peak
Blows on and on. |
350
ささのはのみ山もそよにあられふりさむき霜よを独かもねん
sasa no ha no
miyama mo soyo ni
arare furi
samuki shimo o
hitori kamo nen | Dwarf bamboo leaves
Deep within the mountains rustle with
A fall of hail—
With this frost, so cold,
O, must I sleep alone? |
349
Hail
もののふのやなみつくろふこてのうへに霰たばしるなすのしの原
mononofu no
yanami tsukurou
kote no ue ni
arare tabashiru
nasu no shinohara | A warrior,
With arrows neatly a’quiver,
Forearm
With hail struck
In the arrow bamboo groves at Nasu. |
348
Hail on the mountainside.
雲ふかきみやまのあらしさえさえていこまのたけに霰ふるらし
kumo fukaki
miyama no arashi
saesaete
ikoma no take ni
arare fururashi | Clouds are heavy
Deep within the mountains, where the storm
Is so chill, and
Upon the peak of Ikoma
Hail does seem to fall. |
347
A storm beneath the moon.
ふけにけりとやまの嵐さえさえてとをちの里にすめる月影
fukenikeri
toyama no arashi
saesaete
tōchi no sato ni
sumeru tsukikage | It has grown late—
The storm within the distant mountains
Is so chill, and
Above the estate at Tōchi
Clear is the moonlight. |
346
The moon above the seashore in winter.
月のすむ磯の松風さえさえてしろくぞみゆる雪のしらはま
tsuki no sumu
iso no matsukaze
saesaete
shiroku zo miyuru
yuki no shirahama | The moon is clear upon
The rocky shore, as the wind in the pines
Is so chill, and
White, indeed, appears,
Snow White Shore! |
345
Wind in the pines beneath the moon.
あまのはら空をさむけみむば玉のよわたる月に松風ぞ吹く
ama no hara
sora o samukemi
mubatama no
yo wataru tsuki ni
matsukaze zo fuku | The plain of Heaven,
The sky, seems cold, as
Through the lily-seed dark
Night crosses the moon, while
The wind blows through the pines. |
344
On frost forming in the moonlight.
月影のしろきをみればかささぎのわたせるはしに霜ぞ置きける
tsukikage no
shiroki o mireba
kasasagi no
wataseru hashi ni
shimo zo okikeru | When the moonlight,
White, I see,
Upon the magpie
Crossed bridge
Frost has fallen! |
343
Composed looking at the moon as the night wore on.
さよふけて雲間の月の影みれば袖にしられぬ霜ぞ置きける
sayo fukete
kumoma no tsuki no
kage mireba
sode ni shirarenu
shimo zo okikeru | Brief night wore on, and
From the gaps between the clouds the moon’s
Light I saw,
Unknowing that upon my sleeve
The frost had fallen! |
342
The moon above the riverside in winter.
千どりなくさほの河原の月きよみ衣手さむしよやふけぬらん
chidori naku
sao no kawara no
tsuki kiyomi
koromode samushi
yo ya fukenuran | Plovers cry, above
The riverside at Sao, where
The pure moon
Is cold upon my sleeves—
Might the night be wearing on? |
341
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