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'