夏衣たちきる物を逢坂の関の清水の寒くもあるかな
| natugoromo tatikiru mono wo aFusaka no seki no simidu no samuku mo aru kana |
Summer garb Is sewn to wear, but At Meeting Hill, The barrier’s fresh water is Still chill, indeed! |
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SIS VIII: 445
Written on the rocks by the waterfall at Provisional Middle Councillor Atsutada’s mountain retreat at Nishi-sakamoto.
音羽川せき入れて落す瀧つせに人の心のみえもするかな
| otoFagaFa seki’irete otosu taki tu se ni Fito no kokoro no mie mo suru kana |
On Otowa River A barrier is placed to drop A cataract in torrents And, your heart, perhaps, Reveal! |
Ise
伊勢
GSS X: 682
At around the the time the Kanpyō Emperor took Holy Orders, ladies were only permitted to serve him from beyond his curtains, and being unable to approach him closely, she wrote this and fastened it to his screen.
立ちよらは影踏む許近けれど誰かなこその関をすゑけん
| tatiyoraba kage Fumu bakari tikakeredo tare ka nakoso no seki o suweken |
If I were to approach, I would simply step upon your shadow; I am so close, yet Who is it Nakoso – Come not – That barrier has placed between us? |
The Kohachijō Miyasudokoro 小八条御息所
[Minamoto no Sadako 源貞子]
Fubokushō XII: 4599
鹿の音の音羽の山に音せぬは妻に今宵や逢坂の関
| shika no ne no otowa no yama ni otosenu wa tsuma ni koyoi ya ausaka no seki |
The stag cries In the Otowa mountains Without a sound; Is his mate tonight at The barrier of Meeting Hill? |
Jakuren
GSIS I: 4
Composed on the day Spring arrived.
逢坂の關をや春もこえつらむ音羽の山のけさはかすめる
| aFusaka no seki o ya Faru mo koeturamu wotoFa no yama no kesa fa kasumeru |
At Meeing Hill The barrier will spring, too, Pass beyond? In the Otowa Mountains This morning is all hazed. |
Tachibana no Toshitsuna (1028-1094)
橘俊綱
Fubokushō XXI: 9550
我が惜しむ心も尽きぬ行く春をこさても止めよ鶯の関
| wa ga oshimu kokoro mo tsukinu yuku haru o ko satemo tomeyo uguisu no seki |
My regretful Heart is not exhausted: Departing spring! Even so be held here, By the bush-warbler’s barrier! |
GSIS XIII: 748
He had been secretly seeing the lady who had been sent to be the Ise Virgin, but when this became known to His Majesty, he put a guard upon her, and it was no longer possible to visit in secret, so he composed.
逢坂は東路とこそきゝしかど心盡しのせきにぞありける
| aFusaka Fa adumadi to koso kikisikado kokoro dukusi no seki ni zo arikeru |
Meeting Hill lies Upon the road to the East I had heard, and yet My heart is exhausted by The barrier here! |
Master of the Left Capital Office, Michimasa
左京大夫通雅
Asukai wakashū 928
惜しめども花もとまらぬ不破の関山吹越ゆる春の嵐に
| oshimedomo hana mo tomaranu fuwa no seki yamabuki koyuru haru no arashi ni |
I do regret it, but The blossoms will not halt At the barrier of Fuwa; Passing over the golden kerria In the storms of spring… |
Asukai no Masatsune (1170-1221)
飛鳥井雅経
GSS XIX: 1313
When a woman who had long been in the same house left, on hearing that her parents in the province of Mino were unwell.
今はとて立帰ゆくふるさとの不破の関路に都忘るな
| ima Fa tote taikaFeriyuku Furusato no Fuwa no sekidi ni miyako wasuruna |
“Now is the time,” you say Getting up to leave for Your home on The roads past the barrier of Fuwa, Don’t forget the capital! |
Fujiwara no Kiyotada (? – 958)
藤原清正
MYS XX: 4372
On the fourteeth day of the Second Month, when Senior Assistant Lieutenant Okinagara no Mahito of the Senior Seventh Rank, Upper Grade, was sent to Kunishima as a gubernatorial messenger concerning the changing of the border guard in Hitachi province.
足柄の み坂給はり 返り見ず 我れは越え行く 荒し夫も 立しやはばかる 不破の関 越えて我は行く 馬の爪 筑紫の崎に 留まり居て 我れは斎はむ 諸々は 幸くと申す 帰り来までに
| asigara no misaka tamapari kaperimizu are pa kueyuku arasi wo mo tasi ya habakaru puwa no seki kuete wa pa yuku muma no tume tukusi no saki ni timariwite ware pa ipapamu moromoro pa sakeku to mawosu kaperiku made |
In Ashigara, Misaka will I pass through Never looking back Will I go on; A rough man Cannot pass The barrier of Fuwa But I will go on; My horse’s hooves At the point of Tsukushi Will I halt, and There take my ease; To all of you: I wish you well Until I return again! |