Early Evening (晩立)
かきくもる空もとどろになる神の物おそろしきこの夕かな
| kakikumoru sora mo todoro ni narukami no mono’osoroshiki kono yū kana | Clouds draw in across The sky, echoing With thunder – How terrifying it is This evening! |
Daishin
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Eikyū hyakushu 217
Lingering Heat (残暑)
しら露とあらそひながらけふも又あふぎはえこそおかれざりけれ
| shiratsuyu to arasoinagara kyō mo mata ōgi wa e koso okarezarikeri | With silver dewfall Does it compete Yet, again, today My fan I cannot Lay aside! |
Daishin
Eikyū hyakushu 210
Water Rails (鼃)
夏の日のたそかれ時におぼつかなたたく水鶏の声ばかりして
| natsu no hi no tasokaredoki ni obotsukana tataku kuina no koe bakari shite | When a summer day Descends into twilight How strange it is that A knocking water rail’s Cry is all I hear… |
Daishin
Eikyū hyakushu 203
Cicadas (蟬)
声たてていかに鳴くらんうつせみの我が身からとは思ひしらずや
| koe tatete ika ni nakuran utsusemi no wa ga mi kara to wa omoishirazu ya | Raising up their voices How they seem to sing! An abandoned, cicada-shell Am I – empty! Are they all ignorant of that? |
Daishin
Eikyū hyakushu 196
Summer Hunting (夏猟)
つねならぬかりのこの世はせこがいるなつのの刈の心ちこそすれ
| tsune naranu kari no kono yo wa seko ga iru natsuno no kari no kokochi koso sure | So fleeting is This transient world, where My man does shoot; As a summer plain reaped down Is how I truly feel! |
Daishin
Eikyū hyakushu 182
Summer Insects (夏虫)
なにごとをいとかくばかり夏虫のおもひあまりて身をこがすらん
| nanigoto o ito kaku bakari natsumushi no omoiamarite mi o kogasuran | What is it that So simply The summer insects Does drive to desperation, and Seem to set their flesh to smouldering? |
Daishin
Eikyū hyakushu 175
Avoiding Heat (避暑)
夏くればふせやが下にやすらひてし水のさとにすみつきぬべし
| natsu kureba fuseya ga shita ni yasuraite shimizu no sato ni sumitsukinubeshi | When summer’s come Beneath a crude hut’s roof Do I take my ease, and In spring waters at the estate Must I make my home! |
Daishin
Eikyū hyakushu 168
Shade beneath the Trees (樹陰)
あづさ弓まだ行末ははるけきにけふも木かげに日をくらしつつ
| azusayumi mada yukusue wa harukeki ni kyō mo kokage ni hi o kurashitsutsu | A catalpa bow: The future yet lies Far away, but Today, too, within trees’ shade Shall I spend the entire day… |
Daishin
Eikyū hyakushu 161
Fans (扇)
てなれけるぬしはしらねどむらさきの扇の風のなつかしきかな
| tenarekeru nushi wa shiranedo murasaki no ōgi no kaze no natsukashiki kana | Its skilful Master remains ignorant, yet That violet Fan’s breeze Is dear to me, indeed! |
Daishin
Eikyū hyakushu 154
Pinks (瞿麦)
よそふるも猶なつかしみみるごとにあはれつきせぬなでしこのはな
| yosōru mo nao natsukashimi miru goto ni aware tsukisenu nadeshiko no hana | Their array is Still so dear – Every time I see them I am moved beyond all measure: The pinks in flower. |
Daishin