On blossom
草深三 蟋多 鳴屋前 芽子見公者 何時来益牟
くさふかみ こほろぎさはに なくやどの はぎみにきみは いつかきまさむ
kusa pukami
koporogi sapa ni
naku yado no
pagi mi ni kimi pa
ituka kimasamu | Deep within the grasses
So noisily the crickets
Cry around your house—
You gaze upon the bush clover, sir, but
When might you visit me? |
Anonymous
Composed on crickets
庭草尓 村雨落而 蟋蟀之 鳴音聞者 秋付尓家里
にはくさに むらさめふりて こほろぎの なくこゑきけば あきづきにけり
nipa kusa ni
murasame purite
koporogi no
naku kowe kikeba
akidukinikeri | Upon my garden’s grasses
A cloudburst falls, and
When the crickets’
Cries I hear,
How like autumn it is! |
Anonymous
Composed on crickets.
影草乃 生有屋外之 暮陰尓 鳴蟋蟀者 雖聞不足可聞
かげくさの おひたるやどの ゆふかげに なくこほろぎは きけどあかぬかも
kagekusa no
opitaru yado no
yupukage ni
naku koporogi pa
kikedo akanu kamo | Shading grasses
Grow at my house and
In the evening light
The crying crickets
I hear, yet never am fulfilled! |
Anonymous
もろくともいざしらつゆにみをなしてきみがあたりのくさにきえなん
moroku tomo
iza shiratsuyu ni
mi o nashite
kimi ga atari no
kusa ni kienan | Fragile they may be, but
Well, into silver dewdrops
Would I transform myself, and
By your side, my love,
Vanish among the grasses… |
Topic unknown.
をしかふす夏のの草の道をなみしげき恋ぢにまどふ比かな
oshika fusu
natsuno no kusa no
michi o nami
shigeki koiji ni
madou koro kana | Stags lie
Within the summer meadow grasses—
All the paths are lost in
Lush paths of love where
I wander lost these days! |
Sakanoue no Korenori
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秋すぐとねをもなくかなふか草のかげとたのめるむしならなくに
aki sugu to
ne o mo naku kana
fukakusa no
kage to tanomeru
mushi naranaku ni | ‘Autumn passes by!’
Goes the cry—though
Upon the deep grasses’
Shade relying
Are there no insects at all… |
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Right
いづかたに心をやらんあかずしてすぎゆく秋ををしみとどめで
izukata ni
kokoro o yaran
akazushite
sugiyuku aki o
oshimi todomede | Whither
Should I incline my heart?
Unsatisfied,
With autumn’s passing
Regrets linger on… |
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Warblers
草ふかき霞の谷にはぐくもるうぐひすのみやむかしこふらし
kusa fukaki
kasumi no tani ni
hagukumoru
uguisu nomi ya
mukashi kourashi | Deep within the grasses of
The haze-filled valley,
Wing-wrapped does
The warbler fledgling, alone,
Think fondly of times long gone? |
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夏なれば深草山のほととぎすなくこゑしげくなりまさるなり
natsu nareba
fukakusayama no
hototogisu
naku koe shigeku
narimasaru nari | When the summer comes,
On Fukakusa Mountain, deep within the grasses,
The cuckoo
Sings his song, lush
Beyond all measure. |
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Composed presented to the Teishi Emperor
哀てふ人も有へく武蔵のゝ草とたにこそおふへかりけれ
aware chō
hito mo arubeku
musashi no no
kusa to dani koso
oubekarikere | A pitiful
Man, indeed, there is
Upon Musashi plain, where
With the wretched grasses
He has put down roots! |
をみなへしやまののくさとふりしかどさかゆくときもありけるものを
ominaeshi
yamano no kusa to
furishikado
sakayuku toki mo
arikeru mono o | The maidenflowers
With the mountain meadow grasses
Have grown old, yet
A time to flourish
Did they have once… |
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をみなへしさけるやまべのあきかぜはふくゆふかげをたれかかたらむ
ominaeshi
sakeru yamabe no
akikaze wa
fuku yūkage o
tare ka kataramu | A maidenflower
Blooming in a mountain meadow, with
The autumn wind’s
Evening gusts revealed, but
Who is there to tell the tale? |
46
[1] This poem is almost identical to poem 4 in Uda-in ominaeshi uta’awase.
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