Temples 寺
谷ふかみ跡だに見えぬ山寺はかけひの水のゆくにてぞ知る
| tani fukami ato dani mienu yamadera wa kakehi no mizu no yuku nite zo shiru | Deep within the valley No tracks lead to This mountain temple: Water through the culverts’ Passing reveals it. |
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Eikyū hyakushu 548
Ancient Estates 故郷
八重むぐらへだてつつふる故郷にいづくぞとだにとふ人もなし
| yaemugura hedatetsutsu furu furusato ni izuku zo to dani tou hito mo nashi | With eightfold layers of tangled creepers Interfering, of the old, Ancient estate Not even where it lies Is asked by anyone at all. |
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Eikyū hyakushu 541
Ponds 池
汀にはたちもよられぬ山がつのかげはづかしき清住のいけ
| migiwa ni wa tachi mo yorarenu yamagatsu no kage hazukashiki kiyozumi no ike | The water’s edge is Unapproachable for The mountain man’s Shadow, feeling unworthy at A pond of pure water. |
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Eikyū hyakushu 534
Waterfalls 滝
水上にいかなるまゆをくりければたえせざるらんたきのしらいと
| minakami ni ika naru mayu o kurikereba taesezaruran taki no shira’ito | In the water’s upper reaches Somehow, cocoons do Spool, so Endless seem The cataract’s white threads… |
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Eikyū hyakushu 527
Groves 原
谷おろしの風しやみねばよとともにおきつがはらにくぬぎ波だつ
| tani’oroshi no kaze shi yamineba yo to tomo ni okitsu ga hara ni kunugi namidatsu | From down the valley The breeze has ceased, so now With the fall of night Across plain at Okitsu Waves run through the chestnut oaks. |
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Eikyū hyakushu 520
Lakes 水海
あふみがた磯のはま松おる波に舟でやすらむみつのうら人
| ōmigata iso no hamamatsu oru nami ni funade ya suramu mitsu no urabito | On the shore at Ōmi, Beach pines on the rocky strand Stand among the breaking waves where, Wondering whether to embark are The fisher-folk of Mitsu. |
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Eikyū hyakushu 513
Stones 石
浪たててかるとばかりはきこゆれどかへるも見えずおきのしら石
| nami tatete karu to bakari wa kikoyuredo kaeru mo miezu oki no shira’ishi | Waves breaking, then Dryly departing is all I hear, yet Their return goes unseen by White stones in the offing… |
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Eikyū hyakushu 506
Hotsprings 出湯
よとともにしたにたく火はなけれども島ねのみゆはさむるよもなし
| yo to tomo ni shita ni taku hi wa nakeredomo shimane no miyu wa samuru yo mo nashi | With the coming of the night Kindled flames below Are there none, yet In Shimane with the hotsprings The nights hold no chill at all! |
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Eikyū hyakushu 499
Stars 星
雪とのみかしらはなりていただきし星をよそめにみるぞかなしき
| yuki to nomi kashira wa narite itadakishi hoshi no yosome ni miru zo kanashiki | Snow is all that Upon my head Has been laid The stars, so far away The sight is so, so sad… |
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Eikyū hyakushu 492
Clouds 雲
たかまどの山に八重たつしら雲はそらにたなびく心ちこそすれ
| takamado no yama ni yae tatsu shirakumo wa sora ni tanabiku kokochi koso sure | Above Takamato Mountain, eightfold rise The clouds so white: Trailing across the skies Is how I feel I am! |
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