Avoiding Heat (避暑)
おりたちてし水のさとにすみつればなつをば外にききわたるかな
oritachite
shimizu no sato ni
sumitsureba
natsu oba hoka ni
kikiwataru kana | Descending to stand in
Spring waters – at that estate
Have I made my home, so
Summer so far away
Does sound! |
Higo
Avoiding Heat (避暑)
玉だれのみすさわぐまでかへす風よどののうちもすずしかりけり
tamadare no
misu sawagu made
kaesu kaze
yodo no nochi mo
suzushikarikeri | Gem strung
Curtains rattle noisily,
Turned by the wind;
After stillness returns then
All is cool! |
Kanemasa
Avoiding Heat (避暑)
すずむとてしづのまろやを立ちつれば程なくあせの入りにけるかな
suzumu tote
shizu no maroya o
tachitsureba
hodo naku ase no
irinikeru kana | Thinking to cool myself
A poor man’s reed-roofed hut
Did I erect, but
In a moment, sweat
Had entered within! |
Tadafusa
Avoiding Heat (避暑)
みづはよしあたりもしみに吹過ぐる風さへさゆる玉川のさと
mizu wa yoshi
atari mo shimi ni
fukisuguru
kaze sae sayuru
tamakawa no sato | The waters are fine, and
The surrounds, too, are keenly
Blown by
The breeze, cooling
The estate at Tamakawa! |
Toshiyori
Avoiding Heat (避暑)
おほはらやおぼろの水に行きふれば夏はをちなる物にぞ有りける
ōhara ya
oboro no mizu ni
yukifureba
natsu wa ochinaru
mono ni zo arikeru | When at Ōhara
Misty waters
Brush me by
Summer is a distant
Thing, indeed! |
Nakazane
Avoiding Heat (避暑)
きくにさへすずしく成りぬ若松のもりの木ずゑの秋のしらべに
kiku ni sae
suzushikunarinu
wakamatsu no
mori no kozue no
aki no shirabe ni | Just simply listening
Has brought a touch of coolness;
The young pines in
The forest: their treetops
Sing the song of autumn… |
Akinaka
Shade beneath the Trees (樹陰)
あづさ弓まだ行末ははるけきにけふも木かげに日をくらしつつ
azusayumi
mada yukusue wa
harukeki ni
kyō mo kokage ni
hi o kurashitsutsu | A catalpa bow:
The future yet lies
Far away, but
Today, too, within trees’ shade
Shall I spend the entire day… |
Daishin
Shade beneath the Trees (樹陰)
おもふどちこのもかのもにむれゐつつ夏はこかげぞたちうかりける
omoudochi
kono mo kano mo ni
mureitsutsu
natsu wa kokage zo
tachiukarikeru | A friendly crowd,
Here and there,
Flocking all together,
In summer, the trees’ shadows
Arise and fall all round. |
Higo
Shade beneath the Trees (樹陰)
すずしさのおいそのもりの下なれど夏てふことぞわすられにける
suzushisa no
oiso no mori no
shita naredo
natsu chō koto zo
wasurarenikeru | Cool, it is
In Oiso’s sacred forest grounds;
I am beneath the boughs, yet
That today is still summer
I have quite forgotten! |
Tadafusa
Shade beneath the Trees (樹陰)
夏川のきしの柳の葉をしげみなみも木かげによるにぞ有りける
natsukawa no
kishi no yanagi no
ha o shigemi
nami mo kokage ni
yoru ni zo arikeru | By a river in Summer
Upon the bank the willow’s
Leaves grow lush;
The waves, too, the branches’ shade
Do seek. |
Kanemasa
'Simply moving and elegant'