Wind
Left (Win)
おはらきのもりのくずはもふくかぜにもみぢもあへずちりやしぬらん
oharaki no
mori no kuzuha mo
fuku kaze ni
momiji mo aezu
chiri ya shinuran | In Oharaki
Among the groves, will the kudzu leaves,
When the wind does blow
Parting from the scarlet leaves
Scatter, too, I wonder? |
Tamemasa
3
Right
みかきののくさこそなびけよろづよのはじめのあきのかぜのこゑかも
mikaki no no
kusa koso nabike
yorozu yo no
hajime no aki no
kaze no koe kamo | In the fields by the sacred walls
The grasses do sway;
Ten thousand generations’
First autumn
Breeze sounds out! |
Nagayoshi
4
Groves 原
道とほみ日も夕ぐれになりぬればそのはらまでとさしてこそゆけ
michi tōmi
hi mo yūgure ni
narinureba
sonohara made to
sashite koso yuke | My road is yet long, and
The sun toward twilight
Does go, so
Just as far as Sonohara
Let it still shine on! |
Daishin
Groves 原
枝ごとにいくそのちよをちぎるらんその神世よりいきの松源
eda goto ni
iku sono chiyo o
chigiruran
sono kamiyo yori
iki no matsubara | In every single branch
Does live the thousand-generation
Vow, perhaps?
Enduring since the Age of Gods,
The sacred pine groves of Iki. |
Higo
Groves 原
あさぢふの露にうはげやそほつらんあしたの原にうづら鳴くなり
asajū no
tsuyu ni uwage ya
sōtsuran
ashita no hara ni
uzura nakunari | Is the cogon grass
By dew upon its upper fronds
So soaked?
This morn among the groves
The quail are crying. |
Kanemasa
Groves 原
なにしおはばとらやふすらん東路にあるといふなるもろこしの原
na ni shi owaba
tora ya fusuran
azuma ji ni
aru to iu naru
morokoshi no hara | If the name fits, then
Do, indeed, tigers rest
Upon the eastern roads, where
They say lies
Morokoshi grove? |
Tadafusa
Groves 原
霧をいたみまのの萩原時雨れしてしづくに袖をおどろかしつる
kiri o itami
mano no hagiwara
shigure shite
shizuku ni sode o
odorokashitsuru | Mists run round
The bush-clover groves at Mano, where
Drizzle falls;
Droplets on my sleeves –
So startling! |
Toshiyori
Groves 原
春の中はかすみのうちに見えしかど霧も立ちけりあをやぎのはら
haru no naka wa
kasumi no uchi ni
mieshikado
kiri mo tachikeri
aoyagi no hara | In the midst of springtime,
Within the hazes
Have they appeared, yet now
The mist has arisen among
The willow groves. |
Nakazane
Groves 原
谷おろしの風しやみねばよとともにおきつがはらにくぬぎ波だつ
tani’oroshi no
kaze shi yamineba
yo to tomo ni
okitsu ga hara ni
kunugi namidatsu | From down the valley
The breeze has ceased, so now
With the fall of night
Across plain at Okitsu
Waves run through the chestnut oaks. |
Akinaka
鹿背の山木立を茂み朝さらず来鳴き響もす鴬の声
kase no yama
kodati wo sigemi
asa sarazu
kinaki toyomosu
ugupisu no kowe |
On Kase Mountain
The groves are so lush that
Unable to wait for morning
Comes the echo of
The warbler’s song! |
Tanabe no Sakimaro Collection
田辺福麻呂歌集
Oaks 柞
はぐくみし木ずゑさびしく成りぬらん柞のもりのちり行くみれば
hagukumishi
kozue sabishiku
narinuramu
hahaso no mori no
chiriyuku mireba | Carefully raised
The treetops lonely
Do seem to have become;
When the oak groves
Scatter in my sight… |
Toshiyori
源俊頼
'Simply moving and elegant'