吹く風に漂ふ空の浮き雲をいつまでよそのものとかは見む
| fuku kaze ni tadayou sora no ukigumo o itsu made yoso no mono to ka wa mimu |
With the gusting breeze Fluttering through the skies go Drifting clouds; For how long will such distant Things I see? |
Higo, from the Residence of the Kyōgoku Regent
京極関白家肥後
かつ見れど飽かぬ恋かな志深く契りや結びおきけむ
| katu miredo akanu koFi kana kokorozasi Fukaki tigiri ya musubi okikemu |
I have seen you but once, yet Never sated is my longing! Does love In such deep bonds Always seem to entangle? |
Higo, from the Residence of the Kyōgoku Regent
京極関白家肥後
知らしかし言ひし出でねはかくばかり忍ぶる恋に身を焦がすとは
| shirashikashi iishi ideneba kaku bakari shinoburu koi ni mi o kogasu to wa |
I would tell him But burst not out in speech, so As ever With love’s secret fires Is my body scorched. |
Higo, from the Residence of the Kyōgoku Regent
京極関白家肥後
まだ知らぬ人をはじめて恋るかな思ふ心よ道標せよ
| mada siranu Fito wo hazimete koFuru kana omoFu kokoro yo mitisirubeseyo |
With an unknown Man have I begun To fall in love! Let the feelings in my heart Guide me on my way! |
Higo, from the Residence of the Kyōgoku Regent
京極関白家肥後
人わたす三世の仏の名を聞けば昔罪も今や消ゆらむ
| hito watasu miyo no hotoke no na o kikeba mukashi no tsumi mo ima ya kiyuramu |
All folk The three worlds’ Buddhas’ Names hear, and Even sins from days long gone Have now vanished all away. |
Higo, from the Residence of the Kyōgoku Regent
京極関白家肥後
荒れ果てて空しき床の形見には古き衾のむつましきかな
| arehatete munashiki toko no katami ni wa furuki fusuma no mutsumashiki kana |
From a disheveled Meagre bed For a keepsake I have A threadbare blanket; How close we are! |
Higo, from the Residence of the Kyōgoku Regent
京極関白家肥後
冬寒み霜はおけども椎柴の常磐の色はあせずもあるかな
| fuyu samumi shimo wa okedomo shiishiba no tokiwa no iro wa asezu mo aru kana |
In winter’s chill The frost falls, yet The brushwood’s Evergreen hues Fade not at all… |
Higo, from the Residence of the Kyōgoku Regent
京極関白家肥後
冬深き野辺の御幸の今日しもあれ白斑の鷹を据てけるかな
| fuyu fukaki nobe no miyuki no kyō shi mo are shirau no taka o suetekeru kana |
In the depths of winter An imperial visit to the meadows Was there today, Hawks of white Would be ready there! |
Higo, from the Residence of the Kyōgoku Regent
京極関白家肥後
冬寒み風もとまらぬ山里にいとど霙ぞ降りまさりける
| fuyu samumi kaze mo tomaranu yamazato ni itodo mizore zo furimasarikeru |
How cold the winter With unending wind Round my mountain home, where The sleet ever Stronger falls. |
Higo, from the Resisdence of the Kyōgoku Regent
京極関白家肥後
山里の葎の垣に這ふ蔦の色にて秋の深きをぞ知る
| yamazato no mugura no kaki ni hau tsuta no iro nite aki no fukaki wo zo shiru |
Upon this moutain hut’s Weed-tangled fence Trails ivy: Its hue autumn’s Depth does reveal! |
Higo
京極関白家肥後