Early Evening (晩立)
朝日山さしてきたれど夕立にかづくたもとはひるよしもなし
asahiyama sashite kitaredo yūdachi ni kazuku tamoto wa hiru yoshi mo nashi | Across Asahi Mountain I have made my way, yet Evening shower Drenched sleeves Have no reason to dry. |
Tadafusa
Composed while worshipping the Gods, at the foot of Asahiyama.
朝日山ふもとをかけて木錦襷あけくれ神を祈るべきかな
asaFiyama Fumoto wo kakete yuFudasuki akekure kami wo inorubeki kana |
From Asahiyama’s peak Stretching to its foot, are Cords of mulberry cloth; Day and night, unto the Gods Should we pray… |