Topic unknown.
石上布留から小野のもと柏本の心は忘られなくに
| isonokami Furu kara wono no moto kasiFa mono no kokoro Fa wasurarenaku ni |
In Isonokami at Furu stands an ancient trunk out in the fields; As an eternal oak My feelings Will never be forgotten… |
Anonymous
Category Archives: Kokinshū
KKS XII: 559
A poem from the Empress’ Poetry Competition held in the Kanpyō period.
住の江の岸による浪夜さへや夢の通ひ路人目よくらむ
| suminoe no kisi ni yoru nami yoru saFe ya yume no kayoFidi Fitome yokuramu |
As to Suminoe’s Shore rush the waves Why every night Upon the path of dreams Do I hide from other’s eyes? |
Fujiwara no Toshiyuki
藤原敏行
KKS XIX: 1055
Topic unknown.
ねぎ事をさのみ聞きけむ社こそはては歎の杜となるらめ
| negigoto wo sanomi kikikemu yasiro koso Fate Fa nageki no mori to narurame |
Prayers in Such numbers are answered At this shrine, that In the end, grief grows in to Nageki’s Sacred groves. |
Sanuki
讃岐
KKS XX: 1091
A poem from Michinoku.
みさぶらひ御笠と申せ宮木野の木の下露は雨にまされり
| misaburaFi mikasa to mause miyagino no ko no sita tuyu Fa ame ni masareri |
O Attendant! “A umbrella, my Lord?” do say, for On Miyagi plain Beneath the trees, the dew Far exceeds the rain! |
KKS IX: 408
Topic unknown.
都いでて今日みかの原泉河かは風さむし衣かぜ山
| miyako idete keFu mika no Fara idumigaFa kaFakaze samusi koromo kaseyama |
Departing the capital, Today on Mika meadow, From the River Izumi Chill is the wind, indeed, so Lend me your robe, O Kase Moutain! |
Anonymous
KKS XI: 535
Topic unknown.
飛ぶ鳥の声も聞えぬ奥山の深き心を人は知らなむ
| tobu tori no kowe mo kikoenu okuyama no Fukaki kokoro wo Fito Fa siranamu |
Flying birds’ Song does not reach The mountains’ heart; The depths of my love I would have you know! |
Anonymous
KKS XIV: 696
Topic unknown.
津の国のなには思はず山城の鳥羽に逢ひ見むことをのみこそ
| tu no kuni no naniFa omoFazu yamasiro no toba ni aFimimu koto wo nomi koso |
In the land of Tsu, Nothing is in my heart; In Yamashiro, In Toba, would I meet You and that is all! |
Anonymous
KKS XVII: 909
Topic unknown.
誰をかも知る人にせむ高砂の松も昔の友ならなくに
| tare wo ka mo siru Fito ni semu takasago no matu mo mukasi no tomo naranaku ni |
Who is it that I can say I know? Takasago’s Pines are no longer My friends as of old… |
Fujiwara no Okikaze
藤原興風
KKS XIV: 710
Topic unknown.
誰が里に夜がれをしてか郭公ただここにしも寝たる声する
| ta ga sato ni yokare o site ka Fototogisu tada koko ni simo netaru kowesuru |
At whose home Do you pass the night, O, cuckoo? For it is here, alone That you should sleep and sing! |
Anonymous
KKS XIX: 1067
Composed on the topic of monkeys howling from the mountain passes on a day when the Cloistered Emperor had gone to the Western River.
わびしらにましらな鳴きそ足引きの山のかひある今日にやはあらぬ
| wabisira ni masira na naki so asiFiki no yama no kaFi aru keFu ni ya wa aranu |
So sadly, O Monkeys, howl not! Leg-wearying The mountain valleys are, yet Today, there is no point! |
Mitsune