Monkeys 猿
さらぬだにおいては物のかなしきに夕のましら声なきかせそ
saranu dani oite wa mono no kanashiki ni yū no mashira koe na kikase so | Not even leaving— Sunk in Sadness O, monkeys, this evening Let me not hear your cries! |
Daishin
Monkeys 猿
さらぬだにおいては物のかなしきに夕のましら声なきかせそ
saranu dani oite wa mono no kanashiki ni yū no mashira koe na kikase so | Not even leaving— Sunk in Sadness O, monkeys, this evening Let me not hear your cries! |
Daishin
Monkeys 猿
あしびきの山べにあそぶ木の葉ざるおもふ心ぞありて鳴くなる
ashibiki no yamabe ni asobu ko no ha zaru omou kokoro zo arite nakunaru | On the leg-wearying Mountain slopes play Monkeys among the leaves— Human feelings do They have, and so they cry. |
Higo
Monkeys 猿
おもふことおほえの山に世の中をいかにせましと三声なくなり
omou koto ōe no yama ni yo no naka o ika ni semashi to mikoe nakunari | Deep in thought Upon Mount Ōe, ‘In this mundane world, O, what I am to do?’ cry Voices three. |
Kanemasa
Monkeys 猿
三度てふ声だにきけばよそ人に物おもひまさるねをぞ嗚くなる
mitabi chō koe dani kikeba yosobito ni mono’omoi masaru ne o zo nakunaru | When three times That call I hear, A stranger in Deepest depression is Crying out! |
Tadafusa
Monkeys 猿
たかのみこいともあやしとみましけり猿まろをしも引きたてじとや
takano miko ito mo ayashi to mimashikeri sarumaro o shimo hikitateji to ya | Prince Takano Really does have a strange Appearance, I would say! For a monkey does Not stand upright, does he? |
Toshiyori
Monkeys 猿
ゆふづくひさすや嵐の山もとに物わびしらにさるさけぶなり
yūzuku hi sasu ya arashi no yamamoto ni monowabishira ni saru sakebunari | The twilight sun Shines around Arashi Mountain’s foot where So sorrowfully The monkeys howl. |
Nakazane
Monkeys 猿
あさまだきならのかれ葉をそよそよと外山をいでてましら鳴くなり
asa madaki nara no kareba o soyosoyo to toyama o idete mashira nakunari | ‘Tis not yet morn, but The withered oak leaves Rustle, as To the distant mountains go The monkeys hooting. |
Akinaka
Spiders 蜘蛛
心ぼそいつまで我が身ながらへん軒ばにすがくささがにのいと
kokoroboso itsu made wa ga mi nagaraen nokiba ni sugaku sasagani no ito | In loneliness How long must I Go on? By my eaves spun into a web is The spider’s thread… |
Daishin
Spiders 蜘蛛
かきたえてとひくる人もなきものを空だのめするささがにのいと
kakitaete toikuru hito mo naki mono o soradanomesuru sasagani no ito | Truly, oh so truly, Callers coming Are there none, so I’ll trust in the unreliable Spider’s webs… |
Higo
Spiders 蜘蛛
かれのこる軒のあやめをたよりにてくり返しひくくものいとすぢ
kare nokoru noki no ayame o tayori nite kurikaeshi hiku kumo no itosuji | On the withered remnants of Sweet-flags on my eaves Shall I rely, and Time and time again draw upon The spider’s thread. |
Kanemasa