いもがかみうつをざさののはなれごまたはれにけらしあはぬ思へば
imo ga kami
utsu ozasano no
hanaregoma
tawarenikerashi
awanu omoeba | My darling’s hair
Whips, on the dwarf-bamboo plains
A wayward mount—
Fallen, it seems,
Thinking we will fail to meet… |
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! |
朝顔の朝露置きて咲くと言へど夕顔にこそ匂ひましけれ
asagao no
asatsuyu okite
saku to iedo
yūgao ni koso
nioimashikere |
Upon the morning glory
Drops the morning dew;
It blooms, they say, yet
It is the moonflower
I would rather scent… |
'Simply moving and elegant'