In this video I dicuss the poems on the topic of ‘Early Evening’.
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
Fans (扇)
つねよりも身にもしむかな夕ざれの君にあふぎのかぜの気色は
tsune yori mo
mi ni mo shimu kana
yūsare no
kimi ni ōgi no
kaze no keshiki wa |
More than normal does
It pierce my soul!
At early evening,
The sight of you
By fan’s breeze brushed… |
Minamoto no Akinaka
An allusive variation on: Horikawa hyakushu 646.
Early Evening (晩立)
故郷をたづぬる道にかきくらしむら雲さわぐ夕立のそら
furusato o
tazunuru michi ni
kakikurashi
muragumo sawagu
yūdachi no sora | My ancient home
Is visited by paths
Dragged into darkness by
The crowding clouds
In a sky of evening showers. |
Higo
Early Evening (晩立)
夕立にをちのみぞ川まさりつつふらぬ里までながれきにけり
yūdachi ni
ochi no mizogawa
masaritsutsu
furanu sato made
nagare kinikeri | With the evening showers
The distant drainage ditches
Are overflowing;
All the way to an untouched estate
Do they run! |
Kanemasa
Early Evening (晩立)
朝日山さしてきたれど夕立にかづくたもとはひるよしもなし
asahiyama
sashite kitaredo
yūdachi ni
kazuku tamoto wa
hiru yoshi mo nashi | Across Asahi Mountain
I have made my way, yet
Evening shower
Drenched sleeves
Have no reason to dry. |
Tadafusa
Early Evening (晩立)
夕立はきりにきるともあづさ弓いにいてさへばくれずも有るかな
yūdachi wa
kiri ni kirutomo
azusayumi
ini’ide saeba
kurezu mo aru kana | Evening showers
Clad in mist, yet
When a catalpa bow
Emerges to interfere
There is no dusk, at all. |
Toshiyori
Early Evening (晩立)
夕立やたらちねならんぬれがほも猶なつかしきをみなへしかな
yūdachi ya
tarachine naran
nuregao mo
nao natsukashiki
ominaeshi kana | Are the evening showers
Their mother, perhaps?
A tear-streaked face, too
Is dear, indeed,
On a maidenflower… |
Nakazane
Early Evening (晩立)
夕立や雲のさわぎに風はやみ露をとどむる草のはぞなき
yūdachi ya
kumo no sawagi ni
kaze wa yami
tsuyu o todomuru
kusa no ha zo naki | An evening shower:
The clouds confused
With the dropping of the wind, and
Dewdrops lingering
On not a single blade of grass. |
Akinaka
'Simply moving and elegant'