秋深み物哀れなる黄昏に小倉の山に鹿ぞ鳴くなる
| aki Fukami mono’aFare naru tasogare ni wogura no yama ni sika zo nakunaru |
The depths of autumn Are melancholy At dusk Upon Ogura Mountain The stags are crying. |
Ei’en
永縁
Category Archives: Horikawa Hyakushu
Horikawa hyakushu 1179
三島江の入江に生ふる白菅の知らぬ人をも逢ひ見つるかな
| misimae no irie ni oFuru sirasuge no siranu Fito wo mo aFimituru kana |
At Mishima Bay In the inlets grows White sedge; With an unknown lady Have I met together! |
Fujiwara no Mototoshi
藤原基俊
Horikawa hyakushu 969
置く霜に生ひたる葦の枯れ伏して菅田の池にあらはれにけり
| okushimo ni oitaru ashi no karefushite sugata no ike ni arawarenikeri |
With the frost fall The shapes of grown reeds Withering down At Sugata Pond Have appeared! |
Minamoto no Morotoki
源師時
Horikawa hyakushu 500
乙女子が菅田の池の蓮葉は心よげにも花咲きにけり
| otomego ga sugata no ike no hachisuba wa kokoroyoge ni mo hana sakinikeri |
In maiden Form at Sugata Pond The lotuses Cheerfully Have bloomed! |
Minamoto no Moroyori
源師頼
Horikawa hyakushu 496
山賤の背面に立つる蚊遣り火の下に燻りてやみぬべきかな
| yamagatu no sotomo ni taturu kayaribi no sita ni kuyurite yaminubeki kana |
A mountain man: Behind him stands A smudge fire Drifting down – Has he halted it, I wonder! |
Kawachi, from the household of the Former Ise Virgin
前斎宮河内
Horikawa hyakushu 1136
理無しや思ふ心の色ならばこれぞそれとも見せましものを
| warinasi ya omoFu kokoro no iro naraba kore zo sore tomo misemasi mono wo |
How indiscriminate! If a heart in love’s Passionate hues I have Each and every one Are something I would show to you! |
Kawachi, from the household of the Former Ise Virgin
前斎宮河内
Horikawa hyakushu 1135
よそながら恋は色にもあらなくに心に深く思ひそめてき
| yoso nagara koFi Fa iro ni mo aranaku ni kokoro ni Fukaku omoFisometeki |
From a distance Love in visible shades of passion Has not appeared, but Deep within her heart It has begun to leave its hue. |
Iyo, from the Residence of Imperial Princess Sukeko
祐子内親王家紀伊
Horikawa hyakushu 1134
まだ知らぬ人をはじめて恋るかな思ふ心よ道標せよ
| mada siranu Fito wo hazimete koFuru kana omoFu kokoro yo mitisirubeseyo |
With an unknown Man have I begun To fall in love! Let the feelings in my heart Guide me on my way! |
Higo, from the Residence of the Kyōgoku Regent
京極関白家肥後
Horikawa hyakushu 1133
今日こそは僅かに見つれほどもなく何と乱るる心なるらむ
| keFu koso Fa Fatuka ni miture Fodo mo naku nani to midaruru kokoro naruramu |
Today of all I briefly glimpsed you; In an instant Somehow confusion Seemed to befall my heart. |
Ryūgen
隆源
Horikawa hyakushu 1132
池水の深き心を年経とも言ひ出ださずはいかが知らさむ
| ikemidu no Fukaki kokoro wo tosi Futomo iFi’idasazu Fa ikaga sirasamu |
Pond water Deep, my heart, but The years go by, yet Bursting not into speech How am I to let her know? |
Ei’en
永縁