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我のみやあはれとおもはむきりぎりす鳴く夕かげのやまとなでしこ
ware nomi ya
aware to omowan
kirigirisu
naku yūkage no
yamato nadeshiko | Is it only I
Who loves it so?
Crickets
Chirping in the evening shadows
On the wild pinks. |
Sosei
80[1]
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秋の野の草はいととはみえなくにおく白露の玉とつらなる
aki no no no
kusa wa ito to wa
mienaku ni
oku shiratsuyu no
tama to tsuranaru | In the autumn meadows
The grasses, threads
Do not appear to be, yet
The fallen silver dewdrop
Gems are strung upon them. |
Tsurayuki
81
[1] Kokinshū IV: 244
From the beach at Ajiro in Ise.
磯に咲く網代の小菊汐間は玉とぞ求めむ波の下草
iso ni saku
aziro no wogiku
shiFokaFi Fa
tama to zo tomemu
nami no sitagusa |
Blooming on the rocks
Ajiro’s tiny chrysanths
Between the tides are
Gems that I would seek,
Weeds beneath the waves… |
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Hidden Love
つつみかね袖より玉のちる時はしのぶおもひや人はみるらん
tsutsumikane
sode yori tama no
chiru toki wa
shinobu omoi ya
hito wa miruran | I cannot bear that
When from my sleeves gems
Do fall,
I wonder, has my secret love
She seen? |
Tadafusa
宮城野のま萩が上の白露を玉にしきても宿る月かな
miyagino no
mahagi ga ue no
shiratsuyu o
tama ni shikitemo
yadoru tsuki kana |
On Miyagi plain
Upon the fair bush clover
Silver dewdrops
Are spread like gems
Where the moon takes rest. |
Ietaka
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
紀貫之
Composed in Settsu.
住吉の名児の浜辺に馬立てて玉拾ひしく常忘らえず
suminoe no
nago no pamae ni
uma tatete
tama piripisiku
tune wasuraezu |
In Suminoe
On the beach at Nago
I halted my horse, and
Gathered gems –
Never will I forget it! |
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