On sad thoughts.
石上布留の高橋高々に妹が待つらむ夜ぞ更けにける
| isonokami puru no takapasi takadaka ni imo ga maturamu yo zo pukenikeru |
As in Isokami The high bridge at Furu Stands tall, on tiptoes I wonder does my darling await me As the night wears on? |
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SIS XVII: 1089
天の川扇の風に雲晴れて空澄みわたる鵲の橋
| ama no kaFa aFugi no kaze ni kumo Farete sora sumiwataru kasasagi no Fasi |
Upon the River of Heaven, The breeze of her fan Clears the clouds, and Soaring ‘cross the skies goes A bridge of magpies. |
Kiyowara no Motosuke
This poem is also Wakan rōeishū 202.
Izumi shikibu-shū 238
人行かぬ道ならなくに何しかも板田の橋のふみかへすらむ
| Fito yukanu miti naranakuni nani sikamo itada no Fasi no FumikaFesuramu |
An untravelled Road this is not, yet For some reason Upon the bridge of Itada I have once more set foot, it seems… |
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部
SZS XIX: 1243
Composed on the ‘Encouraging Devotion’ chapter of the Lotus Sutra.
朽ちはてゝ危くみえしをばたゞの板田の橋も今渡るなり
| kutiFatete ayaFuku miesi wo ba tada no itada no Fasi mo ima watarunari |
Completely rotten How dangerous it seems, But I am simply The bridge of Itada Crossing now. |
Bridge of Law Taikaku
法橋泰覚
SZS XVI: 1030
When he went to Tennōji and, while at Nagara heard someone say that there used to be a bridge here.
行末を思へばかなし津の國のながらの橋も名が殘りけり
| yukusuwe wo omoFeba kanasi tu no kuni no nagara no Fasi mo na ga nokorikeri |
What has befallen – When I think on it, it is so sad that In the province of Tsu The bridge of Nagara Has left behind its name, alone… |
Minamoto no Shunrai
源俊頼
Okikaze-shū 49
こぼれてもあればたとへて慰めし長柄の橋も今はきこえず
| koboretemo areba tatoFete nagusamesi nagara no Fasi mo ima Fa kikoezu |
Even collapsed Then, somehow, It did console me – The bridge at Nagara, but Now I hear nothing of it… |
Fujiwara no Okikaze
藤原興風
KKS XV: 826
Topic unknown.
逢ふ事を長柄の橋のながらへて恋ひ渡るまに年ぞへにける
| aFu koto wo nagara no Fasi no nagaraFete koFiwataru ma ni tosi zo Fenikeru |
We have not met for as Long as the bridge at Nagara Stretches on; Ever have I loved you as The years go by. |
Sakanoue no Korenori (? – 930)
坂上是則
GSIS XIII: 751
Composed and sent to the same place.
陸奥の緒絶えの橋やこれならむふみゝふまずみ心まどはす
| mitinoku no wodae no Fasi ya kore naramu Fumi mi Fumazu mikokoro madoFasu |
In Michinoku Is the bridge of Odae Such as this? Trodden then untrodden, letters and then non It does twist my heart. |
Master of the Left Capital Office, Michimasa
左京大夫通雅
SKS X: 373
When Fujiwara no Sanemune was Assistant Governor of Hitachi, he was severely criticised by messengers from the Ministry of the Treasury, and when Minister Masafusa heard this, he was ordered to transfer to Tōtōmi, so she composed this and sent it to him.
筑波山ふかくうれしと思ふかな浜名の橋にわたす心を
| tukubayama Fukaku uresi to omoFu kana Famana no Fasi no watasu kokoro wo |
Upon Mount Tsukuba Will there be great rejoicing I think, that To the bridge at Hamana Have your attentions turned! |
Lady Higo [in service to] the Grand Empress Dowager
太皇太后宮肥後
KYS IV: 279
Composed on the first snows falling atop the bridge.
白波の立ち渡るかと見ゆるかな浜名の橋にふれる初雪
| siranami no tatiwataru ka to miyuru kana Famana no Fasi ni Fureru Fatuyuki |
Whitecaps Have risen across it Or so it does seem; The bridge at Hamana With first snows fallen… |
Lady Owari [in service to] the former Kamo Virgin
前齋院尾張