Composed at the time a hundred poem sequence was presented, during the reign of former Emperor Horikawa.
山里は淋しかりけり木枯らしの吹く夕暮の日暮の声
| yamazato Fa sabisikarikeri kogarasi no Fuku yuFugure no Figurasi no kowe |
A mountain dwelling Seems lonely: When the chill winter wind Blows on an evening with The sunset cicadas’ song… |
Fujiwara no Nakazane
藤原仲実
おくるてふ蟬の初声聞くよりもいまはと麦の秋を知りぬる
| okuru teFu semi no Fatugowe kiku yori mo ima Fa to mugi no aki o sirinuru |
It is late, they say: The cicadas’ first call – But now I hear it Now is barley’s Autumn – that I know! |
東路や今朝たちくれば蟬の声高篠山にいまぞ鳴くなる
| azumaji ya kesa tachikureba semi no koe takashino yama ni ima zo nakunaru |
Upon the Eastern roads This morning I do set my foot, so Cicadas’ songs Around Takashino Mountain Now are sung! |
Fujiwara no Nakazane
山川の岩こす波にうちそへて谷 響くなり蟬の諸声
| yamakawa no iwa kosu nami ni uchisoete tani hibiku nari semi no morogoe |
Mountain torrents Cross the rocks in waves Along with The echoes in the valley From the swarming cicadas’ songs. |
Minamoto no Akinaka
Topic unknown.
常もなき夏の草葉に置く露を命と頼む蟬のはかなさ
| tune mo naki natu no kusaba ni oku tuyu wo inoti to tanomu semi no Fakanasa |
Upon the ever changing Summer leaves Drips dew: The only fit foundation for The cicadas’ brief life… |
Anonymous
Topic unknown.
下紅葉ひと葉づゝちる木のもとに秋と覺ゆる蝉の聲かな
| sita momidi Fa Fito zutu tiru ko no moto ni aki to oboyuru semi no kowe kana |
Under scarlet leaves Falling one by one Below the trees I get the sense of autumn From the cicadas’ song. |
Sagami
夏山の峰の梢し高ければ空にぞ蟬の声も聞ゆる
| natuyama no mine no kozuwe si takakereba sora ni zo semi no kowe mo kikoyuru |
Summer mountain Tree-topped peaks Are so high that, Out among the skies the cicadas’ Song I hear. |
[One of] five poems composed when dropping anchor at Nagadojima in Aki province.
石走る瀧もとどろに鳴く蝉の声をし聞けば都し思ほゆ
| ipabasiru taki mo todoro ni naku semi no kowe o si kikeba miyako si omopoyu |
Running o’er the rocks Cataracts resound – When the singing cicadas Song I hear The capital comes to my thoughts. |
Ōishi no Minomaro
大石蓑麻呂
夏山の楢の広葉に隱ろへてこのもかのもに鳴く蝉の声
| natsuyama no nara no hiroha ni kakuroete konomo kanomo ni naku semi no koe |
In the summer mountains In the broad-leaved oaks Concealed, From here and from there Are the cries of singing cicadas. |
Kanemasa
夏木立繁き梢に鳴く蝉の声きくからにあつくもあるかな
| natu kodati sigeki kozuwe ni naku semi no kowe kiku kara ni atuku mo aru kana |
In clustered summer trees Verdant tops The cicadas sing; Is it from listening That I feel the heat… |