Sad thoughts.
夕凝りの霜置きにけり朝戸出にいたくし踏みて人に知らゆな
| yupu kori no simo okinikeri asa tode ni itakusi pumite pito ni sirayuna |
With the evening chill Frost has fallen; In the morning, opening the door Tread lightly, so No one will know… |
Category Archives: Man’yōshū
MYS XI: 2357
朝戸出の君が足結を濡らす露原早く起き出でつつ我れも裳裾濡らさな
| asa tode no kimi ga ayupi wo nurasu tuyu para payaku oki idetutu ware mo mosuso nurasana |
In the morning, opening the door Bound up, your belt Will be drenched by the dewy fields; Swiftly rising I, too, shall venture out and Soak my skirt-hem… |
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Collection
柿本人麻呂歌集
MYS X: 1925
On parting.
朝戸出の君が姿をよく見ずて長き春日を恋ひや暮らさむ
| asa tode no kimi ga sugata wo yoku mizute nagaki parupi wo kopi ya kurasamu |
In the morning, opening the door My lord’s form I could not see well, so How through this long spring day Can I live with my love? |
MYS VI: 957
A poem composed when the officials of the government headquarters in Dazai had visited the palace at Kashii, and halted their mounts on the shore at Kashii on the way home, in the winter, Eleventh Month, Jinki 5 [729].
いざ子ども香椎の潟に白栲の袖さへ濡れて朝菜摘みてむ
| iza kodomo kasipi no kata ni sirotape no sode sape nurete asana tumitemu |
Hey, fellows all! On the tidelands of Kashii Even white mulberry Sleeves are soaked, so Let’s gather greens for breakfast! |
Ōtomo no Tabito
大伴旅人
MYS X: 2275
言に出でて云はばゆゆしみ朝顔の穂には咲き出ぬ恋もするかも
| koto ni idete ipaba yuyusimi asagapo no po ni pa sakidenu kopi mo suru kamo |
If in words I were to speak out, ill-starred it would be, so As a bellflower Bud I will bloom not – that Is how my love shall be! |
MYS X: 2274
MYS XII: 2997
On sad thoughts.
石上布留の高橋高々に妹が待つらむ夜ぞ更けにける
| isonokami puru no takapasi takadaka ni imo ga maturamu yo zo pukenikeru |
As in Isokami The high bridge at Furu Stands tall, on tiptoes I wonder does my darling await me As the night wears on? |
MYS IV: 664
A poem by Ōtomo no sukune Katami.
石上降るとも雨につつまめや妹に逢はむと言ひてしものを
| isonokami puru tomo ame ni tutumame ya imo ni apamu to ipitesi mono wo |
At Isonokami in Furu, the rain may fall But will it interfere? For to meet my darling Have I said I would… |
Ōtomo no Katami
大伴像見
MYS VII: 1111
On rivers.
いにしへもかく聞きつつか偲ひけむこの布留川の清き瀬の音を
| inisipe mo kaku kikitutu sinobikemu purukapa no kiyoki se no oto wo |
In ancient time, too, Did folk thus ever hear, and Ponder on The Furu River’s Pure rapids’ sound? |
MYS XVI: 3816
家にありし櫃にかぎさし蔵めてし恋の奴のつかみかかりて
| ipe ni arisi pitu ni kagisasi wosametesi kopi no yatuko no tukami kakarite |
In my house and Locked within a box; I did control it, but I am love’s slave – Caught tight! |
Prince Hozumi
穂積皇子