Love as a Month Passes 経月恋
かちそむるしかまのみそのかれはててあひみて過ぎし神無月かな
| kachi somuru shikama no miso no karehatete aimite sugishi kaminazuki kana | Fresh dyed dark indigo At Shikama, the robes after thirty days Are done drying; Since we met, I have passed The entire Godless Month! |
Kanemasa
During the Chōgan Era, when His Majesty enquired when the Man’yōshū was created, he composed this and presented it.
神無月時雨ふりをけるならの葉の名におふ宮の古ごとぞこれ
| kaminaduki sigure Furiwokeru nara no Fa no na ni oFu miya no Furugoto zo kore |
In the Godless Month Drizzle falls upon The leaves of Nara oak! The palace bearing that name Produced these ancient words! |
Fun’ya no Arisue
文屋有季
Topic unknown.
なにごともゆきて祈らむと思ひしに神無月にもなりにけるかな
| nani goto mo yukite inoramu to omoFisi ni kaminaduki ni mo narinikeru kana |
For all my needs I would go to pray Or so I thought, but The Godless Month Is already upon me, it seems. |
Sone no Yoshitada
曾禰好忠
Topic unknown.
一人寢る人聞かくに神な月にはかにも降る初時雨哉
| Fitori nuru Fito kikaku ni kaminaduki niFakani mo Furu Fatu sigure kana |
Sleeping alone Like me, one hears In the Godless Month The sudden fall Of the first showers. |
Anonymous