[One of] eight travel poems composed by Takechi no muraji Kurohito.
我が舟は比良の港に漕ぎ泊てむ沖へな離りさ夜更けにけ
| wa ga pune pa pira no minato ni kogipatemu oki pe na sakari sayo pukenikeri |
My boat In the port of Hira Shall rest its oars! O, leave not the offing, for Brief night has dawned. |
Takechi no Kurohito
高市黒人
Left
待たせつる程は久しき時鳥飽かで立ちなむ後の恋しさ
| mataseturu Fodo Fa Fisasiki Fototogisu akade tatinamu noti no koFisisa |
I was kept waiting For so long, O, cuckoo! Never sated am I of my longing For you when you are gone… |
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Right (Win)
小夜更けて誰か告げつる時鳥待つにたがはぬ声の聞ゆる
| sayo Fukete tare ka tugeturu Fototogisu matu ni tagaFanu kowe no kikoyuru |
The brief night dawns: To whom will you announce it, O, cuckoo? All that I await Is to hear your song. |
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Left
時鳥雲井の声を聞く人は心も空になりぞしにける
| Fototogisu kumowi no kowe wo kiku Fito Fa kokoro mo sora ni nari zo sinikeru |
A cuckoo From the clouds your call Folk hear, and Their hearts with the skies One do become! |
11
Right (Win)
小夜更けて起きて待たずば時鳥はつかなる音もいかで聞かまし
| sayo Fukete okite matazuba Fototogisu Fatukanaru ne mo ikade kikamasi |
A brief night dawns, and Had I not awaited to arise A cuckoo’s Momentary cry Somehow I might have heard… |
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Topic unknown.
さ夜ふくるままに汀や凍るらむ遠ざかりゆく志がの浦波
| sayo Fukuru mama ni migiFa ya koForuramu toFozakariyuku siga no uranami |
Is it while brief night Comes on that the waters’ edge Does seem to freeze? Ever more distant grow The waves on Shiga’s shore… |
Kaikaku
快覚