Left (Win).
恋ひわびて片敷く袖はかへせどもいつかは妹が夢に見えける
koFiwabite
katasiku sode Fa
kaFesedomo
itu ka Fa imo ga
yume ni miekeru |
Tortured with love
My single spread sleeve
I do reverse, yet
When will my darling
Appear in my dreams? |
The Holy Teacher 闍梨
[Ryūgen 隆源]
29
Right.
我が心ときぞともなく乱るれど日だに暮るれば恋ひ添はりけり
wa ga kokoro
toki zo tomonaku
midaruredo
Fi dani kurureba
koFisoFarikeri |
My heart
With every passing hour
Is more distraught, yet
Even when the day does dim
Love is my companion. |
Bichū 備中
[Minamoto no Nakazane 源仲実]
30
Love on Sight
風吹けば磯打つ波の立ち返り見れども飽かぬ君にもあるかな
kaze Fukeba
iso utu nami no
tatikaFeri
miredomo akanu
kimi ni mo aru kana |
When the wind does blow
Waves strike the rocky shore
Again and yet again
I see you, yet unsated
Of you am I! |
Minamoto no Nakazane
源仲実
Hidden Love
おもひ出は心ばかりにかよはして衣のくびに事なもらしそ
omoide wa
kokoro bakari ni
kayowashite
koromo no kubi ni
koto na morashi so | My feelings
Simply through my heart
I send back and forth;
On the collar of my robe
O, let nothing leak out! |
Minamoto no Nakazane
源仲実
星さきや熱田の潟の漁火のほのも知りぬや思ふ心を
Fosi saki ya
atuta no kata no
isaribi no
Fono mo sirinu ya
omoFu kokoro wo |
Stars leading the way:
On the sands of Atsuta
Fishing fires
Faintly revealed
As are the thoughts within my heart? |
Minamoto no Nakazane
源仲実
The Names of the Buddhas
としのうちにつもれるつみもきえぬらんみよの仏の御なをとなへて
toshi no uchi ni
tsumoreru tsumi mo
kienuramu
miyo no hotoke no
mina o tonaete | Within the year
Our accumulated sins, too,
Seem to disappear
At the three worlds’ Buddhas’
Names recitation! |
Minamoto no Nakazane
源仲実
Brushwood
いつとなく葉がへぬ山のしひしばに人のこころをなすよしもがな
itsu to naku
hagaenu yama no
shiishiba ni
hito no kokoro o
nasu yoshi mogana | If only the ever
Unchanging leaves on the mountain
Brushwood
Her heart could
Somehow become! |
Minamoto no Nakazane
源仲実
Sleet
あらち山雪げの空になりぬればかいづの里にみぞれふりつつ
arachiyama
yukige no sora ni
narinureba
kaitsu no sato ni
mizore furitsutsu | When Mount Arachi’s
Skies scented with snow
Become,
Upon the estate at Kaizu
Sleet falls on and on… |
Minamoto no Nakazane
源仲実
Falling Leaves
紅葉ばを夜半の嵐のしく庭は物わすれせで朝きよめすな
momijiba o
yowa no arashi no
shiku niwa wa
monowasuresede
asa kiyomesu na | Scarlet leaves
By the midnight storm
Are spread around the grounds:
O, keep them in your mind, and
Clear them not this morning! |
Minamoto no Nakazane
源仲実
The Ninth Day of the Ninth Month
けふごとに菊を薬とする人はちとせのなかは過ぐといふなり
kyō goto ni
kiku o kusuri to
suru hito wa
chitose no naka wa
sugu to iu nari | Every year today
Chrysanthemums for medicine
Do people take, that
A thousand years together
And more will they have, they say. |
Minamoto no Nakazane
源仲実
'Simply moving and elegant'