言の葉に三世の仏の名をかけてつくれる罪は露もとどめし
| koto no ha ni miyo no hotoke no na o kakete tsukureru tsumi wa tsuyu mo todomeji |
Aloud All three worlds’ Buddhas’ Names we do recite, that Our committed sins Shall not linger as the dew… |
Minamoto no Akinaka
源顕仲
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Shige’ie-shū 81
宮城野のもとあらの萩の下晴れて露も曇らぬ秋の夜の月
| miyagino no motoara no Fagi no sita Farete tuyu mo kumoranu aki no yo no tsuki |
On Miyagi plain The speckled bush clover is Clear beneath, The dew unclouded On an autumn night of moonlight. |
Minamoto no Shige’ie
源重家
GSIS IV: 289
Topic unknown.
宮城野に妻とふ鹿ぞ叫ぶなる本あらの萩に露やさむけき
| miyagino ni tuma toFu sika zo sakebu naru motoara no Fagi ni tuyu ya samukeki |
On Miyagi plain Seeking a mate, a stag Cries out Among the speckled bush clover The dew feels chill, indeed. |
Fujiwara no Nagayoshi
藤原長能
Horikawa hyakushu 1404
宮城野の秋の萩原分け行けば上葉の露に袖ぞ濡れぬる
| miyagino no aki no Fagiwara wakeyukeba uFaba no tuyu ni sode zo nurenuru |
On Miyagi plain The bush-clover meadows in autumn I press through, and Dew from the upper leaves Has soaked my sleeves. |
Ei’en
永縁
KKS XX: 1091
A poem from Michinoku.
みさぶらひ御笠と申せ宮木野の木の下露は雨にまされり
| misaburaFi mikasa to mause miyagino no ko no sita tuyu Fa ame ni masareri |
O Attendant! “A umbrella, my Lord?” do say, for On Miyagi plain Beneath the trees, the dew Far exceeds the rain! |
Tango no kami kinmoto ason uta’awase 9
小笹原玉ぬく露を見る折りはしばしな吹きそ山颪の風
| ozasaFara tama nuku tuyu wo miru wori Fa sibasi na Fuki so yama orosi no kaze |
The groves of young broad-leaved bamboo Gem-strung with dew Do seem – for that time Briefly blow not, O, wind from off the mountains! |
Eikyū hyakushu 252
老い果てて露のしるしもなき身にはなほや折りてむ九月の菊
| oihatete tsuyu no shirushi mo nakimi ni wa nao ya oritemu nagatsuki no kiku |
Greatly aged, The dew is a sign of What is gone; Should I yet pick A chrysanthemum in the Ninth Month? |
Daishin
大進
Eikyū hyakushu 251
折る菊の露に濡れぬる今日よりや千年の秋に逢はむとすらむ
| oru kiku no tsuyu ni nurenuru kyō yori ya chitose no aki ni awamu to suramu |
Picked chrysanthemums’ Dew dampens us Today – will we For a thousand years of autumns Decide to meet together? |
Higo, from the Residence of the Kyōgoku Regent
京極関白家肥後
Kokin rokujō I: 196
露深き菊をし折れる心あらば千代のあだ名はたたむとぞ思ふ
| tuyu Fukaki kiku wo si woreru kokoro araba tiyo no adana Fa tatamu to zo omoFu |
Drenched in dew, Picking chrysanthemums: Should you have a mind to that, Then a thousand years of old-wives’ tales Would arise about you, I feel! |
Ki no Tsurayuki
紀貫之
Kokin rokujō I: 191
百年を人に留むる玉なればあだにやは見る菊の上の露
| momotose wo Fito ni todomuru tama nareba ada ni ya Fa miru kiku no uFe no tuyu |
A century For folk is halted By these gems, so Can I look lightly on Dewdrops upon chrysanthemums? |
Ki no Tsurayuki
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