Love and Horse Hair.
隙もあらばをぐろに立てる青鷺のこまごまとこそ言はまほしけれ
| Fima mo araba woguro ni tateru awosagi no komagoma to koso iFamahosikere |
Were there but space, As perching on the paddy-ridges Are the grey herons close As the mounts ahead, in such detail Would I tell you of my love. |
Minamoto no Toshiyori
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Rarely Visited Love
干る塩のとどみならずは八十島に絶えまがちなる浦みせましや
| Firu siFo no todomi narazu Fa yasosima ni taemagatinaru uramisemasi ya |
Salt drying Backwaters these are not: On all the many islands If only broken into pieces were The shorelines, as my despair… |
Minamoto no Toshiyori
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葉かへせぬ歎の杜は冬来れど常にもかもな常しなへなり
| Fa kaesenu nageki no mori Fa Fuyu kuredo tune ni mo kamo na tokosinaFe nari |
The leaves never turn In Nageki’s sacred groves, where Winter comes, yet It is always that They are ever unchanging. |
Minamoto no Toshiyori
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夕顔の茂みにすだく轡虫おびただしくも恋ひ叫ぶかな
| yuFugaFo no sigemi ni sudaku kutuFamusi obitadasiku mo koFisakebu kana |
Among the moonflowers’ Lushness swarm Crickets In their extremity Crying out for love! |
Minamoto no Shunrai
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夏の夜はにはかに照らす稲妻の光の間にも明けぬべらなり
| natu no yo Fa niFakani terasu inaduma no Fikari no ma ni mo akenuberanari |
On summer nights A brief flash Of lightning: And as it shines The dawn can break! |
Minamoto no Shunrai
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衣手もやや肌寒し夏の夜の月の光は秋の空かは
| koromode mo yaya Fadasamusi natu no yo no tuki no Fikari Fa aki no sora ka Fa |
Even my sleeves Are slightly chill; On a summer night The moon’s light Recollects the autumn sky… |
Minamoto no Shunrai
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夏の夜は山時鳥待ちかねて夕づけ鳥の鳴きぬべきかな
| natu no yo Fa yamaFototogisu matikanete yuFutukedori no nakinubeki kana |
On summer nights The mountain cuckoo Cannot bear to wait, so The cockerel Has no need to crow! |
Minamoto no Shunrai
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なほざりにきたる人をや小夜衣かへすばかりの恋によそへむ
| naozari ni kitaru hito o ya sayogoromo kaesu bakari no koi ni yosoemu |
Casually Arriving, for such a man My night robe Would I simply strip back In readiness for love? |
Minamoto no Shunrai
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数ならぬ我が身は夜の衣がはきつれば人のまづかへすらむ
| kazu naranu wa ga mi wa yoru no koromogawa kitsureba hito no mazu kaesuramu |
Numberless are The nights I’ve spent Beside the River Robe; I put it on so he Will first turn it back. |
Minamoto no Shunrai
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夕顔の茂みみに集く轡虫おひただしくも恋叫ぶかな
| yūgao no shigemi ni sudaku kutsuwamushi oitadashikumo koisakebu kana |
Upon the moonflowers’ Lush growth swarm Bush crickets Simply shrouding them With their heartfelt cries of love. |
Minamoto no Shunrai
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