紅葉ばもみな散り果てて柞原今日は梢ぞまばらなりける
| momijiba mo mina chirihatete hahasowara kyō wa kozue zo mabara narikeru |
The yellow leaves Have all completely fallen from The oaks; Today, the treetops Are clear to see! |
Category Archives: Horikawa Hyakushu
Horikawa hyakushu 441
いかにして真菰を刈らむ五月雨に高瀬の淀も水まさりけり
| ika ni shite makomo o karamu samidare ni takase no yodo mo mizu masarikeri |
What am I to do? I would reap rushes In the rain Where the Yodo meets Takase, But the waters have risen high… |
Minamoto no Morotoki
源師時
Horikawa hyakushu 376
五月来ば信太の杜の時鳥木伝ふ千枝の数ごとに鳴け
| satsuki koba shinoda no mori no hototogisu ko tsutau chie no kazugoto ni nake |
When the summer comes, In Shinoda’s sacred grove Cuckoos Annouce the tree’s thousand branches With a song for every one! |
Minamoto no Shunrai
Horikawa hyakushu 210
思ふ事千々にや繁き呼子鳥信太の杜の方に鳴くなり
| omoFu koto tidi ni ya sigeki yobukodori sinoda no mori no kata ni nakunari |
Are my thoughts As profuse as the thousand upon thousands of Cuckoos Toward Shinoda’s sacred grove A’calling? |
Ōe no Masafusa
Horikawa hyakushu 682
今来むと契りしほどの夕暮は荻のは風ぞ人頼めなる
| ima komu to chigirishi hodo no yūgure wa ogi no ha kaze zo hito tanomenaru |
That he would come now He did vow, but On that evening The wind passing o’er the silver grass fronds Alone was faithful to me! |
Fujiwara no Akinaka
Horikawa hyakushu 674
秋来ぬと賤が庵には告げねども荻のは風のしるきなりけり
| aki kinu to shizu ga io ni wa tsugenedomo ogi no ha kaze no shiru kinarikeri |
That autumn has come At the peasants’ huts Is not announced, yet Wind passing o’er the silver grass fronds Does know and come regardless… |
Ōe no Masafusa
Horikawa hyakushu 386
五月雨は宿につく間の菖蒲草軒の雫に枯れしとぞ思ふ
| samidare wa yado ni tsuku ma no ayamegusa noki no shizuku ni kareshi to zo omou |
When the showers Touch my roof The sweet-flags by Droplets on the eaves Are all dried up, I feel! |
Ōe no Masafusa
Horikawa hyakushu 455
あるが上に花の咲きそふ橘は皐月の玉に貫かむためなり
| aru ga ue ni hana no sakisou tachibana wa satsuki no tama ni nukamu tame nari |
Up above Blossom blooms close by: Oranges – Jewels of summer For the threading! |
Fujiwara no Nakazane (1064-1122)
藤原仲実
Horikawa hyakushu 454
夕まぐれ下照る宿の橘の花咲くほどになるぞうれしき
| yūmagure shita teru yado no tachibana no hana saku hodo ni naru zo ureshiki |
Tangled in twilight Beneath my home gleam Orange Blossoms blooming, a time Of certain joy! |
Minamoto no Akinaka
源顕仲
Horikawa hyakushu 451
夏さはし花橘の移り香はさもあらぬ人の名も立ちぬべし
| natsu sawashi hanatachibana no utsurika wa sa mo aranu hito no na mo tachinubeshi |
In the summer shade, Orange blossoms’ Drifting scent Clings not to one who Now will certainly be mentioned! |
Minamoto no Kuninobu
源国信