[One of] four poems from the province of Etchū.
弥彦おのれ神さび青雲のたなびく日すら小雨そほ降る
| iyapiko wonore kamusabi awokumo no tanabiku pi sura kosame sopopuru |
O, Iyahiko! Your very form fills me with awe: Clouds of grey Trail round by day – even then Showers drizzle down… |
恋草に染かへりたる色なれば思ひそめけむ日をぞ恨むる
| koFigusa ni simikaFeritaru iro nareba omoFisomekemu Fi wo zo uramuru |
The lovely grasses’ Have ever staining Hues, so When it seemed I was first deeply dyed with love – That day I do hate! |
Minamoto no Toshiyori
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若草をただかりそめに見し日より束も逢へぬものをこそ思へ
| wakakusa wo tada karisome ni misi Fi yori tukane mo aFenu mono wo koso omoFe |
The fresh young grass But briefly Did I see that day, and ever since That I did not sheaf it together Has been the focus of my thoughts… |
Minamoto no Toshiyori
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Left (Win).
恋ひわびて片敷く袖はかへせどもいつかは妹が夢に見えける
| koFiwabite katasiku sode Fa kaFesedomo itu ka Fa imo ga yume ni miekeru |
Tortured with love My single spread sleeve I do reverse, yet When will my darling Appear in my dreams? |
The Holy Teacher 闍梨
[Ryūgen 隆源]
29
Right.
我が心ときぞともなく乱るれど日だに暮るれば恋ひ添はりけり
| wa ga kokoro toki zo tomonaku midaruredo Fi dani kurureba koFisoFarikeri |
My heart With every passing hour Is more distraught, yet Even when the day does dim Love is my companion. |
Bichū 備中
[Minamoto no Nakazane 源仲実]
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On parting.
朝戸出の君が姿をよく見ずて長き春日を恋ひや暮らさむ
| asa tode no kimi ga sugata wo yoku mizute nagaki parupi wo kopi ya kurasamu |
In the morning, opening the door My lord’s form I could not see well, so How through this long spring day Can I live with my love? |
Topic unknown.
日にそへて憂事のみも増る哉暮ては頓て明けずもあらなむ
| Fi ni soFete uki koto nomi mo masaru kana kurete Fa yagate akezu mo aranamu |
All throughout the day My misery alone Has been overwhelming; And with the dusk, in the end It seems there is no hope of dawn. |
The Former Nishinomiya Minister of the Left
西宮前左大臣
(Minamoto no Taka’akira 源高明)
夏の日の俄かに曇る夕立の思ひもかけぬ世にもあるかな
| natu no Fi no niFka ni kumoru yuFudati no omoFi mo kakenu yo ni mo aru kana |
A summer day Briefly clouded by An evening shower: How unexpected Is this world! |
A poem by the Governor-General of Dazai, Lord Ōtomo.
橘の花散る里の霍公鳥片恋しつつ鳴く日しぞ多き
| tatibana no pana tiru sato no pototogisu kata kopisitutu naku pi si zo opoki |
Orange Blossom scatters round my estate where The cuckoo For unrequited love Does cry on many a day… |
Ōtomo no Tabito
Two poems composed on birds.
霍公鳥今来鳴きそむあやめぐさかづらくまでに離るる日あらめや
| pototogisu ima kinakisomu ayamegusa kaduraku made ni karuru pi arame ya |
The cuckoo Has now begun to sing; Until sweet-flags Garland all Will there be any days he flies away? |
Ōtomo no Yakamochi
別れにし手束の弓の白鳥を紀の川ゆすり恋ひぬ日ぞなき
| wakarenishi tatsuka no yumi no shiratori o ki no kawa yuzuri koinu hi zo naki |
We did part, and Bow in hand, Like a swan Swaying on the River Ki There’s not a day that I don’t love you… |
Minamoto no Shunrai
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