小筑波の茂き木の間よ立つ鳥の目ゆか汝を見むさ寝ざらなくに
| otukuba no sigeki ko no ma yo tatu tori no me yuka na o mimu sanezaranakuni | At Tsukuba Between the lushly growing trees, As a darting bird Did I catch a glimpse of you? Though ‘tis not that you were not asleep… |
Anonymous
Category Archives: Other Anthologies
Mandaishū XIV: 2648
Composed on Love after Parting during the reign of Former Emperor Nijō (1143-1165; r. 1158-1165).
水無瀬川流れてとこそ思ひしかこはいかにしてたえはじめけむ
| minasegawa nagarete to koso omoishi ka ko wa ika ni shite taehajimekemu | The River Minase Rapidly runs – did I think that once? Now what am I to do That our parting has begun? |
Minister of Justice [Fujiwara no] Norikane
刑部卿範兼
Mandaishū XI: 2183
On the conception of Love on a First Meeting.
いまよりも心ながさを頼まなむつらきをだにも恨みやはせし
| ima yori mo kokoro nagasa o tanomanamu tsuraki o dani mo urami ya wa seshi | From now On your faithfulness Will I rely! Or your cruelty – Will that be what I despise? |
Senior Assistant Governor General of Dazai [Fujiwara no] Shige’ie
太宰大弐重家
(1128-1181)
Mandaishū XI: 2186
On Love on Meeting.
もの思ひは今朝こそまされつらかりしことは事にもあらぬなりけり
| mono’omoi wa kesa koso masare tsurakarishi koto wa koto ni mo aranu narikeri | My thoughts do Entirely overwhelm me this morning; For all that was hard to bear, All those things are Quite gone! |
Koben
小弁
MYS X: 2231
On wind.
萩の花咲きたる野辺にひぐらしの鳴くなるなへに秋の風吹く
| pagi no pana sakitaru nobe ni pigurasi no nakunaru nape ni aki no kaze puku |
Bush clover blooms Flowering in the fields where While the evening cicadas Sing Blows the autumn wind. |
Anonymous
MYS X: 2157
On cicadas.
夕影に来鳴くひぐらしここだくも日ごとに聞けど飽かぬ声かも
| yupukage ni ki naku pigurasi kokodaku mo pigoto ni kikedo akanu kowe kamo |
With the twilight Comes to call the evening cicadas; Endlessly With every day I hear them yet, Never do I tire of their song… |
Anonymous
MYS X: 1964
On cicadas.
黙もあらむ時も鳴かなむひぐらしの物思ふ時に鳴きつつもとな
| moda mo aramu toki mo nakanamu pigurasi no mono’omopu toki ni nakitutu motona |
When all is tranquil Then, too, would I have you sing O evening cicada! But when I’m so sunk in thought Do you cry endlessly! |
Anonymous
MYS VIII: 1479
A poem by Ōtomo no Yakamochi on the evening cicada.
隠りのみ居ればいぶせみ慰むと出で立ち聞けば来鳴くひぐらし
| komori nomi woreba ibusemi nagusamu to idetachi kikeba kinaku pigurasi |
Shut indoors and Sunk in misery, I wonder what would console me; Going outside, I listen and, The evening cicadas come calling… |
Ōtomo no Yakamochi
MYS VII: 1364
On blossom.
見まく欲り恋ひつつ待ちし秋萩は花のみ咲きてならずかもあらむ
| mimakupori koitutu matisi aki pagi pa pana nomi sakite narazu kamo aramu |
Longing to see, and Yearning have I awaited The autumn bush clover: In flower only does it bloom – Will no more come of it that that… |
Anonymous
MYS VII: 1363
On blossom.
春日野に咲きたる萩は片枝はいまだふふめり言な絶えそね
| kasugano ni sakitaru pagi pa kataeda pa imada pupumeri koto na tae so ne |
On Kasuga Plain Blooms bush clover; One branch is Yet in bud, it seems; Let its words cease not! |
Anonymous