On thinking deep thoughts.
梓弓末はし知らずしかれどもまさかは君に寄りにしものを
| adusayumi suwe pasi sirazu sikaredomo masaka pa kimi ni yorinisi mono wo | A catalpa bow: The end, indeed, I know not, And yet, and yet, ‘Tis you that My thoughts have ever dwelt upon… |
Anonymous
Category Archives: Man’yōshū
MYS XI: 2704
あしひきの山下とよみ行く水の時ともなくも恋ひわたるかも
| asipiki no yamasita toyomi yuku midu no toki tomokaku mo kopiwataru kamo | Leg-wearying, The mountain’s foot resounds with Rushing waters Endlessly – As flows my love for you! |
Anonymous
MYS III: 290
[One of] two poems about the early moon by Hashihito no Ōura.
倉橋の山を高みか夜隠りに出で来る月の光乏しき
| kurapasi no yama wo takami ka yogomori ni idekuru tuki no pikari tomosiki | Is it Kurahashi Mountain’s height? In the depths of night The emerging moon’s Light is feeble, indeed. |
Hashihito no Ōura
間人大浦
MYS X: 2096
On blossom.
真葛原靡く秋風吹くごとに阿太の大野の萩の花散る
| makuzu para nabiku akikaze puku goto ni ada no opono no pagi no pana tiru | The kudzu vines upon the moors Flutter in the autumn wind, As it blows Upon Ada plain The bush-clover blossoms scatter. |
MYS VIII: 1418
A poem composed by Prince Shiki.
石走る垂水の上のさわらびの萌え出づる春になりにけるかも
| ipabasiru tarumi no upe no sawarabi no moeiduru paru ni narinikeru kamo | Rock-running, The cataracts, and beside them Flower-fern Has put forth shoots: spring Is here, indeed! |
Prince Shiki (? – 716)
志貴皇子
MYS XIX: 4159
Poems composed on the ninth day of the Third Month, at the end of spring, when on the way to the village of Furue to oversee the distribution of seed rice to the poor, and observing blossom by the roadside. Poems composed at places of interest and put together.
A poem composed on seeing a tree upon the crags when passing the point at Shibutani. The tree was a tsumama.
礒の上のつままを見れば根を延へて年深からし神さびにけり
| iso no upe no tumama wo mireba ne wo papete tosi pukakarasi kamu sabinikeri | When upon the stony shore A hardy evergreen I see, Roots extending The length of its years, How venerable it is! |
Ōtomo no Yakamochi
大伴家持
MYS XVI: 3832
One of a number of poems on various topics composed by Inbe no Ohito.
からたちと茨刈り除け倉建てむ屎遠くまれ櫛造る刀自
| karatati to ubara karisoke kura tatemu kuso topokumare kusi tukuru todi | The bitter orange’s Thorny grove, I will cut away To build my storehouse; Drop your stools far away, O, comb-making dam! |
MYS III: 404
A poem sent in return by the Daughter of Saeki sukune Akamaro.
ちはやぶる神の社しなかりせば春日の野辺に粟蒔かましを
| tipayaburu kami no yasiro si nakariseba kasuga no nope ni apa makamasi wo | If the mighty Gods’ shrines Did not exist, then On the plains at Kasuga Would I sow foxtail millet. |
MYS XVI: 3834
A poem composed by someone unknown.
梨棗黍に粟つぎ延ふ葛の後も逢はむと葵花咲く
| nasi natume kimi ni apatugi papu kudu no noti mo apamu to apupi pana saku | As for pear and jujube and Millet, too, do I long to meet you; As trailing kudzu parts and Meets again, so on The day we meet will hollyhocks bloom. |
MYS XI: 2623
Composed when deep in thought.
紅の八しほの衣朝な朝な馴れはすれどもいやめづらしも
| kurenawi no yasipo no koromo asana asana nare pa suredomo iya medurasi mo | In safflower Dipped many times, my robe Worn morn after morn Has familiar wrinkles, yet Is all the more dear for that… |
