あしひきの山遠き月を空におきて月影高き末の架け橋
| ashihiki no yama tōki tsuki o sora ni okite tsukikage takaki sue no kakehashi | Leg-wearying, Above the distant mountains, the moon Hangs in the sky; Soaring moonbeams A bridge between the peaks. |
Shōhaku 肖柏 (1443-1527)
Category Archives: Personal Collections
Hitomaro-shū 180
あしひきの山下とよみ行く水の時ぞともなく恋ひわたるかも
| ashihiki no yamashita toyomi yuku mizu no toki zo tomokaku koiwataru kamo | Leg-wearying, The mountain’s foot resounds with Rushing waters Endlessly – As flows my love for you! |
Kojijū-shū 59
Love and Trees.
いかなれば朽ちぬる袖ぞ波かかる岩根の松もさてこそはあれ
| ika nareba kuchinuru sode zo nami kakaru iwane no matsu mo sate koso wa are | For some reason My sleeves have rotted, Washed by waves As pines rooted on the rocks – That is how they are… |
Matsuyoi no kojijū
待宵の小侍従
Tadamichishū 139
Love and Grasses.
我が恋は隠れぬにおふる草なれや思ふ心を知る人のなき
| wa ga koi wa kakurenu ni ouru kusa nare ya omou kokoro o shiru hito no naki | Can my love Lie hidden in the growing Grasses? For the feelings in my heart Are known to no one at all… |
Fujiwara no Tadamichi
Tadamichishū 137
Love and Bridges.
同じくはいもがりゆかば恋すてふ名取の橋を踏まずもあらなん
| onajiku wa imogari yukaba koisu chō natori no hashi o fumazu mo aranan | ‘Tis ever the same If to my darling’s house I make my way, To love, Upon Natori’s loose-tongued bridge I shall not set my foot. |
Fujiwara no Tadamichi
Tadamichishū 136
Love and Bridges.
難波がた入江に渡すまろき橋踏みそめしとや人は思はん
| naniwagata irie ni watasu marokibashi fumisomeshi to ya hito wa omowan | At the Naniwa tidelands Crossing the shore is A bridge of logs; Do I take that first step upon it? Did someone think once… |
Fujiwara no Tadamichi
Tadamichishū 135
Love and Barriers.
恋しさをなげかざらまし吾妹子に逢坂山の関なかりせば
| koishisa o nagekazaramashi wagimoko ni ausakayama no seki nakariseba | Her sweetness Would be no source of sorrow, Had not my darling The Mount of Meeting Hill’s Barrier before her… |
Fujiwara no Tadamichi
Tadamichishū 138
Love and Rivers.
思ふ事水ぐき河にかき流し見れど渡の人に見せなん
| omou koto mizuguki kawa kakinagashi miredo watari no hito ni misenan | My feelings As overflowing rivulets Do race, and Though they will be plain, to the surrounding Folk shall I display them… |
Fujiwara no Tadamichi
Kiyosuke-shū 257
Love Closely Nearby.
紅の裾引くほどの宿なれど色にいでなば人に知られじ
| kurenawi no suso Fiku Fodo no yado naredo iro ni idenaba Fito ni shirarezi | Her scarlet Hem could I tug upon, so close Do we dwell, yet If my passion’s hues were to show, I would folk did never know… |
Fujiwara no Kiyosuke (1104-1177)
藤原清輔
Izumi shikibu shokushū 311
On the moonlight flooding over a ruined place
かくばかり風は吹けども板の間もあはぬは月の影さへぞもる
| kaku bakari kaze Fa Fukedomo ita no ma mo aFanu Fa tuki no kage saFe zo miru | So strongly Blows the wind, yet From between the boards, where They fail to meet, it is the moon’s Light that I do see! |
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部