Composed on the conception of changing into summer clothes, when a Hundred Poem Sequence was presented to His Majesty, Emperor Horikawa.
けふかふるせみの羽ごろもきてみればたもとに夏はたつにぞ有りける
kyō kauru
semi no hagoromo
kitemireba
tamoto ni natsu wa
tatsu ni zo arikeru | With the change today,
A robe of cicada wings
I do put on and see
Upon my sleeves that summer
Has, indeed, arrived! |
Fujiwara no Mototoshi
Gosechi 五節
をとめ子が雲のうへにて袖ふれば日影にまがふあまの羽衣
otomego ga
kumo no ue nite
sode fureba
hikage ni magau
ama no hagoromo | The maidens are
Above the clouds
Sleeves waving, so
Indistinguishable from sunlight are
Their heavenly gossamer robes! |
Akinaka
Summer Garb (夏衣)
時といへばまがねもとくる夏なれやなほちぎれかし蟬の羽衣
toki to ieba
makane mo tokuru
natsu nare ya
nao chigirekashi
semi no hagoromo |
The time is
Steel melting
Summer:
Still shredded are
The cicada-silk robes… |
Fujiwara no Nakazane
'Simply moving and elegant'