Topic unknown.
身をしれば人のとがとはおもはぬにうらみがほにもぬるゝ袖かな
mi o shireba
hito no toga to wa
omowanu ni
uramigao ni mo
nururu sode kana |
Well do I know myself, so
Your coldness
I did not think to blame, yet
My bitterness has
Soaked my sleeves, it seems. |
The Monk Saigyō
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Topic unknown.
あはれとて人の心のなさけあれなかずならぬにはよらぬなげきを
aware tote
hito no kokoro no
nasake are na
kazu naranu ni wa
yoranu nageki o |
How wonderful, that
Her heart
Should show me kindness;
And of all the numberless folk,
Grief should not touch me. |
The Monk Saigyō
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Composed as a love poem.
たのめぬに君くやとまつよゐのまのふけゆかでたゞあけなましかば
tanomenu ni
kimi ku ya to matsu
yoi no ma no
fuke yukade tada
akenamashikaba |
He made no promise, yet
Wondering if he’ll come, I wait,
In the early evening;
If only it would stay this way,
Remaining light… |
The Monk Saigyō
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Topic unknown.
人はこで風のけしきもふけぬるにあはれに雁のをとづれてゆく
hito wa kode
kaze no keshiki mo
fukenuru ni
aware ni kari no
otozurete yuku |
No one came
And in sounds carried on the wind
Is dawn:
How it moves me that the geese
Are come to pay a visit. |
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Topic unknown.
ありあけはおもひいであれやよこ雲のたゞよはれつるしのゝめのそら
ariake wa
omoide are ya
yokogumo no
tadayowaretsuru
shino no me no sora |
The dawn
Is ever in my memory;
Clouds in streamers
Trailed across
The lightening sky. |
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Topic unknown.
おもかげのわするまじきわかれかななごりを人の月にとゞめて
omokage no
wasurumajiki
wakare kana
nagori o hito no
tsuki ni todomete |
Your face
I cannot forget since
Our parting;
Traces of you
Remain resting on the moon. |
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Topic unknown.
あふまでのいのちもがなとおもひしはくやしかりけるわが心かな
au made no
inochi mogana to
omoishi wa
kuyashikarikeru
wa ga kokoro kana |
If, just until we’d met
My life would last, I’d be content,
I thought:
I have much to regret
Within my heart. |
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Topic unknown.
おもひしる人ありけりのよなりせばつきせず身をばうらみざらまし
omoi shiru
hito ariake no
yo nariseba
tsuki sezu mi o ba
uramizaramashi |
An understanding
Soul at dawn
One night there is, so
For being a hopeless wretch,
I would she’d not despise me. |
The Monk Saigyō
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Topic unknown.
なにとなくさすがにおしきいのちかなありへば人や思しるとて
nani to naku
sasuga ni oshiki
inochi kana
arieba hito ya
omoi shiru tote |
Hopeless, and
Indeed, to be regretted
Is this life;
Yet if I could live she
Might finally understand… |
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Topic unknown.
かずならぬ心のとがになしはてじしらせてこそは身をもうらみめ
kazu naranu
kokoro no toga ni
nashi hateji
shirasete koso wa
mi o mo uramime |
Beyond measure
Are the blunders of my heart, and
Quite unstoppable;
But in revealing my feelings,
I can only curse my clumsiness. |
The Monk Saigyō
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'Simply moving and elegant'