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白雲のたなびきわたるあしびきの山のかけはしけふやこえなん
| shira kumo no tanabiki wataru ashihiki no yama no kakehashi kyō ya koenan |
Clouds of white Trail between the Leg-wearying Mountains-brief bridges: Will I pass over them today, I wonder? |
Tsurayuki
貫之
Composed to accompany a letter sent to someone who had gone down to Michinoku province.
たまぼこのみちの山風さむからばかたみがてらにきなんとぞおもふ
| tamaboko no michi no yama kaze samukaraba katamigatera ni ki nan to zo omou |
A jewelled spear, The road where mountain winds Blow chill, if so These keepsake robes I would that you would wear. |
Ki no Tsurayuki
紀貫之
A poem from a folding screen in the Engi period.
いのりつゝなを長月のきくの花いづれの秋かうへてみざらん
| inoritsutsu nao naga tsuki no kiku no hana izure no aki ka uete mizaran |
Ever in my prayers- Throughout the longest month Chrysanthemum blooms; And in which Autumn might it be? They were planted, and never seen. |
Tsurayuki
貫之
A poem from a folding screen in the Engi period.
ゆふだすきちとせをかけてあしびきの山あゐのいろはかはらざりけり
| yūdasuki chi tose o kakete ashihiki no yama ai no iro wa kawarazarikeri |
Sacred mulberry cord Hung for a thousand years; Leg-wearying Indigo hue Will never fade. |
Tsurayuki
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Composed for the picture of picking new herbs on a folding screen for the celebrations of the sixtieth birthday of Emperor Uda.
わかなおふるのべといふのべを君がためよろづよしめてつまんとぞ思
| wakana ôru nobe to iu nobe o kimi ga tame yorozu yo shimete tsuman to zo omou |
New herbs grow Within the fields-called so For my Lord’s sake Across ten thousand years We will pick them, I feel. |
Tsurayuki
貫之