Autumn Nights 秋夜
身のうさをおもひあかせば草枕いとど露けき秋のよなよな
| mi no usa o omoiakaseba kusamakura itodo tsuyukeki aki no yonayona | In misery have dwelt My thoughts all night til dawn, so My pillow of grass Is all the more dew-drenched, Autumn night, after autumn night. |
Akinaka
The Night of the 15th of the Eighth Month (八月十五夜)
むすぶての水にやどれる光をやこよひはいとど望月とみる
| musubu te no mizu ni yadoreru hikari o ya koyoi wa itodo mochizuki to miru | Cupped in my hands, Lodging in the water, Does this light, Tonight, especially Make the moon seem full? |
Akinaka
The Morning after Tanabata (七夕後朝)
衣手のうきつにぬれてかへるかなあさ吹く風もなみたてなくに
| koromode no ukitsu ni nurete kaeru kana asa fuku kaze mo nami tate naku ni | My sleeves, Drenched at Heaven’s harbour Do I return! Even though the morning’s gusting breeze Has raised no wave at all… |
Akinaka
Autumn Winds 秋風
秋の夜のきぬたの音を聞くからにうちつけなれや風ぞうらむる
| aki no yo no kinuta no oto o kiku kara ni uchitsukenare ya kaze zo uramuru | On an autumn night The sound of cloth against a fulling block I hear, and so Should I feel more at ease, At that despicable wind? |
Akinaka
Lingering Heat (残暑)
ひとへなるせみのは衣秋くればいまいくへをかかさねてもみん
| hitoe naru semi no hagoromo aki kureba ima ikue o ka kasanete mo min | A single layer of Cicada wing is my garb; Autumn has come, but Now, how many layers Do I seem to have piled one atop the other? |
Akinaka
Water Rails (鼃)
まきのやの心ちこそすれ柴の戸をいかで水鶏のかくたたくらん
| maki no ya no kokochi koso sure shiba no to o ikade kuina no kaku tatakuran | ‘Tis the sound of a cedar roof – That’s what it makes me feel! Upon a brushwood door Why does the water rail Seem to knock so hard? |
Akinaka
Summer Hunting (夏猟)
夏のたつをぎの葉ずりの風の音にふすののしかはいまやおくらむ
| natsu no tatsu ogi no hazuri no kaze no oto ni fusu no noshika wa ima ya okuran | In summer arises A rustling of the silver-grass with The sound of wind Will the lounging deer upon the plain Now awake, perhaps? |
Akinaka
Cormorant Fishing on the River(鵜河)
う舟おほくくだす時しもたき川にやなくづれして鮎子さわげる
| ubune ōku kudasu toki shimo takigawa ni yana kuzureshite ayuko sawageru | Cormorant boats without number Head downstream; even then In the torrents, Shattering the fish-traps, So raucous are the sweetfish sprats! |
Akinaka
Summer Insects (夏虫)
ともし火の光にすだく夏虫のそむく命をよそにやは見る
| tomoshibi no hikari ni sudaku natsumushi no somuku inochi o yoso ni ya wa miru | In the torches’ Light, the swarming Summer insects’ Abandoning their lives: Do I differ from them at all? |
Akinaka
Avoiding Heat (避暑)
きくにさへすずしく成りぬ若松のもりの木ずゑの秋のしらべに
| kiku ni sae suzushikunarinu wakamatsu no mori no kozue no aki no shirabe ni | Just simply listening Has brought a touch of coolness; The young pines in The forest: their treetops Sing the song of autumn… |
Akinaka