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Man'yōshū

MYS III: 257

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A poem on Mount Kagu by Kamo no Taruhito.

天之芳来山　霞立　春尓至婆　松風尓　池浪立而　櫻花　木乃晩茂尓　奥邊波　鴨妻喚　邊津方尓　味村左和伎　百礒城之　大宮人乃　退出而　遊船尓波　梶棹毛　無而不樂毛　己具人奈四二

天降りつく　天の香具山　霞立つ　春に至れば　松風に　池波立ちて　桜花　木の暗茂に　沖辺には　鴨妻呼ばひ　辺つ辺に　あぢ群騒き　ももしきの　大宮人の　退り出て　遊ぶ船には　楫棹も　なくて寂しも　漕ぐ人なしに

amorituku
ame no kaguyama
kiri tatu
paru ni itareba
matukaze ni
ikenami tatite
sakurabana
ko no kuresige ni
okipe ni pa
kamo tuma yobapi
petupe ni
adi murasawagi
momosiki no
opomiyabito no
makaridete
asobu pune ni pa
kadisawo mo
nakute sabusi mo
kogu pito nasi ni		Descended from heaven is
Sacred Mount Kagu where
Mists arise
When the spring does come,
The wind through the pines
Raises waves from pond waters, and
Cherry blossom’s
Profusion shades the trees, while
Out in the offing,
Ducks call for a mate and
On the shore
Teals flock noisily;
Hundredfold,
The palace folk were wont to
Travel out
On pleasure boats, but
Oars and poles
Are there none—so sad—
For there’s not a soul to row them…
Kanpyō no ōntoki kisai no miya uta'awase

Kanpyō no ōntoki kisai no miya uta’awase 49

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ちらねどもかねてぞをしき紅葉ばは今はかぎりの色とみつれば

chiranedomo
kanete zo oshiki
momijiba wa
ima wa kagiri no
iro to mitsureba		Not fallen yet
Even now is there something to regret
In the scarlet autumn leaves,
For already the utmost of
Their hues do I see, so…

96[1]

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白波に秋の木のはのうかべるはあまのながせる舟かとぞ見る

shiranami ni
aki no ko no ha no
ukaberu o
ama no nagaseru
fune ka to zo miru		Atop the whitecaps
Autumn leaves
Float as
Divers’ drifting
Boats seeming.

97[2]

[1] Kokinshū V: 264/Shinsen man’yōshū 105.

[2] Kokinshū V: 301, attributed to Fujiwara no Okikaze/Kokin rokujō III: 1825, attributed to Kiyowara no Fukayabu.

San'I minamoto no hirotsune ason uta'awase

San’i minamoto no hirotsune ason uta’awase 6

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Wisteria blooming by a river bank

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さだめなく吹く風なれば池水のきしをめぐりてよする藤なみ

sadamenaku
fuku kaze nareba
ikemizu no
kishi o megurite
yosuru Fujinami		Inconstant is
The gusting wind, so
By the pondwater’s
Bank and all along it
Break wisteria waves…

Fujiwara no Munenari
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藤なみのかからぬ岸のなければやこぎくる舟のよるひまのなき

fujinami no
kakaranu kishi no
nakereba ya
kogikuru fune no
yoru hima no naki		Untouched by wisteria waves
Such a bank
Is there not one?
Come rowing, the boats
Have not a moment to make shore.

Lesser Superintendant Fujiwara no Sadamitsu
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