谷深み水かけ草の下露や知られぬ恋の涙なるらむ
| tani ni Fukami midukakegusa no sitatuyu ya sirarenu koFi no namida naruramu |
Deep within the valley, Are the water-dripped loosestrife’s Silver dewdrops Secret love’s Tears? |
Minamoto no Toshiyori
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Sanboku kikashū VIII: 1179
思ひ草葉末に結ぶ白露のたまたまきてば手にもかからず
| omoFigusa Fazuwe ni musubu siratuyu no tamatama kiteba te ni mo kakarazu |
The undergrowth’s Leaf tips are tangled With silver dewdrop Gems on occasion, but They touch not my hands… |
Minamoto no Toshiyori
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Sanboku kikashū VIII: 1155
恋草に染かへりたる色なれば思ひそめけむ日をぞ恨むる
| koFigusa ni simikaFeritaru iro nareba omoFisomekemu Fi wo zo uramuru |
The lovely grasses’ Have ever staining Hues, so When it seemed I was first deeply dyed with love – That day I do hate! |
Minamoto no Toshiyori
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Sanboku kikashū VII: 1101
逢ふことは夏野に茂る恋草の刈りはらへども生ひむせびつつ
| aFu koto Fa natuno ni sigeru koFigusa no kariFaraFedomo oFimusebitutu |
Our meetings, like The lush summer meadows’ Lovely grasses Have been reaped away, yet Their growth chokes me still… |
Minamoto no Toshiyori
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Sanboku kikashū VII: 1070
若草をただかりそめに見し日より束も逢へぬものをこそ思へ
| wakakusa wo tada karisome ni misi Fi yori tukane mo aFenu mono wo koso omoFe |
The fresh young grass But briefly Did I see that day, and ever since That I did not sheaf it together Has been the focus of my thoughts… |
Minamoto no Toshiyori
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Sanboku kikashū VII: 1026
秋返へすさや田に立てる稲草の根ごとにも身を恨みつるかな
| aki kaFesu saya ta ni tateru inakusa no ne goto ni mo mi wo uramituru kana |
Autumn bends back, Standing rustling in the paddies The rice-stems – Every root embedded With my despite! |
Minamoto no Toshiyori
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Yorimasa-shū 338
萌え出でてまた双葉なる恋草のいく穂となきにおける露かな
| moeidete mata futabanaru koigusa no iku ho to naki ni okeru tsuyu kana |
Budding out, and In the first, freshest growth Are the lovely grasses; How many ears will not be touched By falling dewdrops… |
Minamoto no Yorimasa
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Sankashū III: 1508
[One of] ten personal laments.
捨てて後は紛れし方は覚えぬを心のみをは世にあらせける
| sutete nochi wa magireshi kata wa oboenu o kokoro nomi oba yo ni arasekeru |
Having been abandoned One sunk in insignificance Will not be remembered, and His spirit alone Appears in the world! |
Saigyō
西行
Sankashū III: 1256
[One of] ten poems on love.
さりと夜とほのかに人を見つれども覚えぬ夢の心地こそすれ
| sari to yo to honka ni hito o mitsuredomo oboenu yume no kokochi koso sure |
So it was that with the night Briefly did I see her, yet As a dream I cannot recall Do I feel it was… |
Saigyō
西行
Yorimasa-shū 211
我見ても類覚えぬ月の夜はふりぬる人ぞ待つ問はれける
| ware mitemo tagui oboenu tsuki no yo wa furinuru hito zo matsu towarekeru |
I see it yet, I cannot recall its like; On a moonlit night I have grown old Awaiting your coming! |
Minamoto no Yorimasa
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