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! |
Category Archives: Man’yōshū
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… |
MYS XIII: 3315
泉川渡り瀬深み我が背子が旅行き衣ひづちなむかも
| idumigapa watarise pukami wa ga seko ga tabi yukigoromo pidutinamu kamo |
Upon the River Izumi, The ford is deep, indeed; My darling’s Traveller’s robes Never will stay dry! |
MYS IX: 1695
妹が門入り泉川の常滑にみ雪残れりいまだ冬かも
| imo ga kado iri idumigapa no tokoname ni miyuki nokoreri imada puyu kamo |
My darling’s door I enter; upon Izumi River’s Rocks Remains the snow, As does winter yet… |
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Collection
柿本人麻呂歌集
MYS VI: 1058
狛山に鳴く霍公鳥泉川渡りを遠みここに通はず
| komayama ni naku pototogisu idumigapa watari o topomi koko ni kayopazu |
Upon Mount Koma Sings a cuckoo; Izumi River’s Distant span Here he will never cross… |
Tanabe no Fukumaro Collection
田辺福麻呂歌集
MYS VI: 1054
泉川行く瀬の水の絶えばこそ大宮所移ろひ行かめ
| idumigapa yukuse no midu no taeba koso opomiya dokoro utsuropiyukame |
Should the Izumi River’s Rapid flowing waters Ever cease, The palace Would be the one to move! |
Tanabe no Fukumaro Collection
田辺福麻呂歌集
MYS XIX: 4141
春まけてもの悲しきにさ夜更けて羽振き鳴く鴫誰が田にか住む
| paru makete mono kanasiki ni sayo pukete pabuki naku sigi ta ga ta ni ka sumu |
I cannot wait for spring; Somehow sad, At the dusk, The snipe cry and beat their wings – I wonder, whose is the field where they take their ease? |
Ōtomo no Yakamochi
大伴家持