Deutzia
わがやどのかきねにさける卯花のうきことしげき世にこそ有りけれ
wa ga yado no kakine ni sakeru unohana no uki koto shigeki yo ni koso arikere At my house [i]
[i] An allusive variation on: On blossom. うぐひすのかよふかきねのうのはなのうきことあれやきみがきまさぬ uguisu no / kayou kakine no / unohana no / uki koto are ya / kimi ga kimasanu ‘The warbler / Flits around my brushwood fence’s / Deutzia blooms— / Is there some sad event which / Stops my Lord from coming?’ Anonymous (MYS X: 1988 ).
On blossom.
鶯之 徃来垣根乃 宇能花之 猒事有哉 君之不来座
うぐひすのかよふかきねのうのはなのうきことあれやきみがきまさぬ
ugupisu no The warbler
Anonymous
Created with Soan .
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夏夜のまだもねなくにあけぬれば昨日今日ともおもひまどひぬ
natsu no yo no mada mo nenaku ni akenureba kinō kyō tomo omoimadoinu On a summer night,
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うのはなのさけるかきねは白雲のおりゐるとこそあやまたれけれ
u no hana no sakeru kakine wa shirakumo no ori’iru to koso ayamatarekere Deutzia flowers
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Five poems on Summer—not matched.
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いづれをかそれともわかむうのはなのさけるかきねをてらすつきかげ
izure o ka sore tomo wakamu u no hana no sakeru kakine o terasu tsukikage How is it that
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この夏もかはらざりけりはつこゑは習志の岡になくほととぎす
kono natsu mo kawarazarikeri hatsukoe wa narashi no oka ni naku hototogisu This summer, too,
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Bird cherry.
ゆきふかきかきねのむめのいかにしてなほうづもれぬかにはさくら ん
yuki fukakika ni wa sakura n Deep with the snow is
The Former Kinugasa Minister of the Centre [Kinugasa no Ieyoshi 衣笠家良 (1192-1264)]
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あきごとにさきはくれどもをみなへしけふをまつとのなにこそありけれ
aki goto ni saki wa kuredomo ominaeshi kyō o matsu to no na ni koso arikere Every single autumn
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さやかにもけさはみえずやをみなへしきりのまがきにたちかくれつつ
sayaka ni mo kesa wa miezu ya ominaeshi kiri no magaki ni tachikakuretsutsu Clearly
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[1] Shinsen man’yōshū 518
[2] Shinsen man’yōshū 540
For a folding screen for the residence of Minister of the Right Tsunesuke.
野辺見ればわかなつみけりむべしこそかきねの草もはるめきにけれ
nobe mireba When I gaze upon the meadows, and
Tsurayuki
Summer
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夏くればかみにあふひの草つみてかざしにいのるひとにばかりぞ
natsu kureba kami ni aoi no kusa tsumite kazashi ni inoru hito ni bakari zo When the summer comes
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夏草も茂りにければ駿河なる田子のうらなへ今やひくらん
natsu kusa mo shigerinikereba suruga naru tago no ura nae ima ya hikuran The summer grasses, too,
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夏虫のやどるにまつは色ならで春秋空にうつろひやする
natsumushi no yadoru ni matsu wa iro narade haru aki sora ni utsuroi ya suru The summer insects
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卯花の咲く夏の夜はやみなれどかきねにやどる月かとぞみる
u no hana no saku natsu no yo wa yami naredo kakine ni yadoru tsuki ka to zo miru The deutzia flowers
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五月きぬことかたらはむほととぎす君にあふちの花も咲きけり
satsuki kinu koto katarawamu hototogisu kimi ni auchi no hana mo sakikeri That the Fifth Month has come
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空蝉のからにはあらで置く露の身をあらたむる心なるべし
utsusemi no kara ni wa arade oku tsuyu no mi o aratamuru kokoro narubeshi A cicada’s shed
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A profusion of deutzia flowers in full bloom
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白妙に卯花さけるかきねをばつもりし雪とおもひけるかな
shirotae ni u no hana sakeru kakine o ba tsumorishi yuki to omoikeru kana A spread of white mulberry cloth,
Minamoto no Narikata
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みわたせばたかねののべのうつぎ原みな白妙にさきにけるかな
miwatseba takane no nobe no utsugiwara mina shirotae ni sakinikeru kana When I gaze across
Ōe no Fumi’ichi
Ancient Estates 故郷
たが宿としらねどかなしふる郷のほどはかきねに見えしわたれば
ta ga yado to Whose lodging this is
Toshiyori
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