Old Folk.
すかがみそこなるかげにむかひゐてみるときにこそしらぬおきなにあふここちすれ
| masukagami soko naru kage ni mukai’ite miru toki ni koso shiranu okina ni au kokochi ni sure | In a clear glass There is a face Turning to it I look and An unknown old man I feel I have met. |
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Kanpyō no ōntoki kisai no miya uta’awase 99
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人しれずしたにながるる涙川せきとどめなむかげは見ゆると
| hito shirezu shita ni nagaruru namidagawa seki todomenamu kage wa miyuru to | Unknown to all Beneath there flows A river of tears; O, for a dam to halt it, that I could glimpse her face… |
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もえもあはぬこなたかなたの思ひかな涙の河の中にゆけばか
| moe mo awanu konata kanata no omoi kana namida no kawa no naka ni yukeba ka | Burning, unmatched, are My multitude of Passion’s fires! For into a river of tears Have I plunged? |
Tsurayuki
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[1] Shokugosenshū XI: 640/Shinsen man’yōshū 227.
Kanpyō no ōntoki kisai no miya uta’awase 83
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白玉のきえて涙と成りぬれば恋しきかげを袖にこそ見れ
| shiratama no kiete namida to narinureba koishiki kage o sode ni koso mire | Pearls Vanish and to tears Have turned, so Her beloved face I will see upon my sleeves. |
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人を見ておもふ事だに有るものを空にこふるぞはかなかりける
| hito o mite omou koto dani aru mono o sora ni kōru zo hakanakarikeru | I saw her, and Thoughts simply Filled me, but In the skies, love is Fleeting, indeed! |
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ShGSS XI: 640
A poem from the Poetry Contest held by the Dowager Empress during the Reign of the Kanpyō Emperor.
人しれずしたにながるる涙川せきとどめなむかげは見ゆると
| hito shirezu shita ni nagaruru namidagawa seki todomenamu kage wa miyuru to | Unknown to all Beneath there flows A river of tears; O, for a dam to halt it, that I could glimpse her face… |
Anonymous
ShGSS IV: 214
A poem from the Poetry Contest held by the Dowager Empress during the Reign of the Kanpyō Emperor.
夏の夜は水まさればやあまのがはながるる月のかげもとどめぬ
| natsu no yo wa mizu masareba ya ama no kawa nagaruru tsuki no kage mo todomenu | On a summer night Perhaps, because the waters are so fine Of the River of Heaven? Drifting, the moon’s Face, too, tarries not. |
Anonymous
Kanpyō no ōntoki chūgū uta’awase 12
Round Twelve
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冬の夜の月はとほくやわたりけんかげみしみづのまづしこほれば
| fuyu no yo no tsuki wa tōku ya watariken kage mishi mizu no mazu shi kōreba | On a winter’s night Does the moon distantly Pass by? For The waters where I saw its face Are the first to freeze… |
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ながれくるみづこほりぬる冬さへやなほうき草のあとはさだめぬ
| nagarekuru mizu kōrinuru fuyu sae ya nao ukikusa no ato wa sadamenu | Flowing down The waters have frozen With the winter, so will The drifting waterweed still Leave little trace? |
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Koresada shinnō-ke uta’awase 34
あきのむしなどわびしげにこゑのするたのめしかげに露やもりくる
| aki no mushi nado wabishige ni koe no suru tanomeshi kage ni tsuyu ya morikuru | Why do the autumn insects And more let out plaintive Cries; Is your trustworthy face Drenched in dew? |
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もみぢばのながれてゆけば山がはのあさきせだにもあきはふかみぬ
| momijiba no nagareteyukeba yamagawa no asaki se dani mo aki wa fukaminu | The scarlet leaves Have come flowing, so The mountain stream’s Shallow rapids—even they Are deep in autumn! |
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