命だにあらば逢ふ瀬を松浦川かへらぬ波もよどめとぞ思ふ
inochi dani
araba ause o
matsuragawa
kaeranu nami mo
yodome to zo omou |
Had I but life left
For a rushed meeting
I would await, but Matsura River’s
Ever parting waves
Are silted up, I fear… |
Teika
定家
今はみな思ひつくばの山おろしよしげきなげきと吹きも伝へよ
ima wa mina
omoitsukuba no
yama oroshiyo
shigeki nageki to
fuki mo tsutaeyo |
Now all
Is in my thoughts: Tsukuba
Mountain descend!
My ever verdant grief
With the gusts, tell all! |
Teika
定家
'Simply moving and elegant'