小竹の上に来居て鳴く鳥目を安み人妻ゆゑに我れ恋ひにけり
| sino no upe ni kiwite naku tori me wo yasumi pitoduma yuwe ni are kopinikeri |
Upon the arrow bamboo A bird has come to sing; Such a pleasant sight, that Though you are another’s wife I have quite fallen for you! |
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MYS VII: 1276
池の辺の小槻の下の小竹な刈りそねそれをだに君が形見に見つつ偲はむ
| ike no pe no wotuki no sita no sino na kari so ne sore wo dani kimi ga katami ni mitutu sinopamu |
Beside the pond, Beneath the young zelkova tree, Reap not the arrow bamboo! For that, alone, Is my keepsake of you, and I would gaze on it and remember what is gone… |
Hitomaro kashū
人麻呂歌集
MYS IV: 675
[One of] five poems sent by the Elder Maiden of Nakatomi to Yakamochi, Lord Ōtomo.
をみなへし佐紀沢に生ふる花かつみかつても知らぬ恋もするかも
| wominapesi sakisapa ni opuru panakatumi katute mo siranu kopi mo suru kamo |
A maidenflower as, At Saki Marsh grows The crested iris Still unknown is The love I feel. |
Elder Maiden of Nakatomi
中臣郎女
MYS VIII: 1538
[One of] two poems composed by Yamanoue no Okura listing the flowers of the autumn fields.
萩の花尾花葛花なでしこの花をみなへしまた藤袴朝顔の花
| pagi no pana wobana kudupana nadesiko no pana wominapesi mata pudibakama asagapo no pana |
Bush clover blooms, Silver grass and kudzu, Pinks, Valerian And fujibakama, Morning glory blooms. |
Yamanoue no Okura
山上憶良
MYS VII: 1412
我が背子をいづち行かめとさき竹のそがひに寝しく今し悔しも
| wa ga seko wo iduti yukame to sakitake no sogapi ni nesiku ima si kuyasimo |
My darling man Where could he go, I thought, so As split bamboo We slept back-to-back, And now I am distraught… |
Wakan rōeishū I: 265
我が宿の菊の白露今日今日ごとにいく代たまりて淵となるらむ
| wa ga yado no kiku no siratuyu keFu goto ni ikuyo tamarite Futi to naruramu |
At my dwelling, The silver dew upon the chrysanthemums Ever on this day For countless ages accumulates Into a deep river pool. |
Nakatsukasa
中務
Kokin rokujō I: 196
露深き菊をし折れる心あらば千代のあだ名はたたむとぞ思ふ
| tuyu Fukaki kiku wo si woreru kokoro araba tiyo no adana Fa tatamu to zo omoFu |
Drenched in dew, Picking chrysanthemums: Should you have a mind to that, Then a thousand years of old-wives’ tales Would arise about you, I feel! |
Ki no Tsurayuki
紀貫之
Kokin rokujō I: 195
折る菊の雫を多み若ゆてふ濡れ衣をこそ老いの身にきれ
| woru kiku no sizuku wo oFomi wakayu teFu nureginu wo koso oi no mi ni kire |
The picked chrysanthemums Have so many droplets Returning youth, that A dampened, pointless, robe I’ll wear about my aged frame! |
Mibu no Tadamine
壬生忠岑
Kokin rokujō I: 194
皆人の老いを忘るといふ菊は百年をやる花にそありける
| mina Fito no oi wo wasuru to iFu kiku Fa momotose wo yaru Fana ni zo arikeru |
Everyone, Their age will forget, they Say: for chrysanthemums A hundred years gift Have in their blooms! |
Kokin rokujō I: 193
菊の花露と置きゐていざ折らむ濡れなば袖の香こそ匂はめ
| kiku no Fana tuyu to okiwite iza oramu nurenaba sode no ka koso niFoFame |
For the chrysanthemum blooms’ Dewfall have I lain awake; Now, let’s pick them! For if I should damp my sleeves Their scent would linger there! |