けふのまの心にかへておもひやれながめつつのみすぐす心を
kyō no ma no
kokoro ni kaete
omoiyare
nagametsutsu nomi
sugusu kokoro o | One day long last
Your feelings, but instead
Imagine:
Ever gazing simply at the falling rain
Spending time so—how might one feel? |
Izumi Shikibu
うちいででもありにしものを中中にくるしきまでもなげくけふかな
uchi’idedemo
arinishi mono o
nakanaka ni
kurushiki made mo
nageku kyō kana | So open
Was I that
In extreme
Agonies of
Grief am I today! |
Prince Atsumichi
おなじ枝になきつつをりしほととぎすこゑはかはらぬものとしらずや
onaji e ni
nakitsutsu orishi
hototogisu
koe wa kawaranu
mono to shirazu ya | On the same branch,
Always singing was
This cuckoo, too,
His song ever unchanging—
Do you really not know that? |
Prince Atsumichi
かをるかによそふるよりはほととぎすきかばやおなじこゑやしたると
kaoru ka ni
yosouru yori wa
hototogisu
kikaba ya onaji
koe ya shitaru to | Scenting their fragrance
In place of his – rather
The cuckoo
I would hear, wondering if his call
Is just the same… |
Izumi Shikibu
道芝の露におきゐる人により我が手枕の袖もかわかず
michishiba no
tsuyu ni oki’iru
hito ni yori
wa ga tamakura no
sode mo kawakazu |
The roadside grasses
Dewfall
On him
Make my pillow –
His sleeve undrying. |
Izumi Shikibu
'Simply moving and elegant'