Poems which had been placed in the carriage of the Tenth Prince [Prince Masa’akira 雅明親王 (920-929)]
Original
ことしよりにほひそむめりかすがののわかむらさきにてでなふれそも
kotoshi yori
nioisomumeri
kasugano no
wakamurasaki ni
tede na fure so mo | From this year
Has begun to bloom, it seems,
On Kasuga Plain
Young gromwell, so
Don’t put your hands upon it! |
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Left (Win)
むらさきにてもこそふるれかすがのののもりよひとにわかなつますな
murasaki ni
te mo koso furure
kasugano no
moriyoito ni
wakana tsumasu na | On the gromwell
Folk will surely put their hands, so
Kasuga Plain’s
Wardens, all,
Don’t allow picking of young herbs here! |
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Right
ちはやぶるかみもしるらむかすがののわかむらさきにたれかてふれむ
chihayaburu
kami mo shiruramu
kasugano no
wakamurasaki ni
tare ka te furemu | The mighty
God does surely know, so
On Kasuga Plain,
On young gromwell
Would any dare to lay their hands? |
42
Topic unknown.
思ふともこふともあはむ物なれやゆふてもたゆくとくるしたひも
omoFu tomo
koFu tomo aFamu
mono nare ya
yuFu te mo tayuku
tokuru sitaFimo | However much I long,
However much I love, will a meeting
There ever be?
My hands weary of tying
My loosening underbelt… |
Anonymous
Composed on waiting for the moon by the water at Lord Kinzane’s residence.
夏の夜の月待つ程の手ずさみに岩もる清水いく結びしつ
natsu no yo no
tuki matu Fodo no
tezusami ni
iFa moru simidu
iku musubisitu | On a summer night,
Waiting for the moon,
My hands keep busy by
Through the pure water dripping from the rocks
Running time and time again. |
Fujiwara no Mototoshi
Created with Soan.
をみなへしなどかあきしもにほふらむはなのこころをひともしれとか
ominaeshi
nadoka aki shimo ni
niouramu
hana no kokoro o
hito mo shire to ka | O, maidenflower,
Why is it that, of all, in autumn
You would glow so bright?
Of a fickle flower’s heart
Folk to inform, perhaps… |
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てをとらばひとやとがめむをみなへしにほへるのべにやどやからまし
te o toraba
hito ya togamemu
ominaeshi
nioeru nobe ni
yado ya karamashi | Should I put my hands on you,
By folk would I be despised,
O, maidenflower, so
In the meadow where you shine
Would I borrow lodging… |
48
Fulling cloth late at night (深夜擣衣)
Left
わぎもこがうつ唐衣さよふけてほのかにきこゆいづこなるらん
wagimoko ga
utsu karakoromo
sayo fukete
honoka ni kikoyu
izuko naruran | My darling girl
Is fulling my Cathay robe;
As brief night breaks
Faintly I hear
The echoes from somewhere. |
Ki no Sukezane
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Right
手もたゆく成りやゆくらんさ夜ふかみ衣しでうつ音ののどけさ
ta mo tayuku
nari ya yukuran
sayo fukami
koromo shideutsu
oto no nodokesa | Is it that her hands so weary
Have become?
Late on a brief night
Fulling clothing—
How faint that sound… |
Taira no Sadamoto
30
Preparing Tribute 貢調
御調物にひくはまゆのいとをもてくる手もたゆくそなへつるかな
mitsukimono
nihikuwamayu no
ito o mote
kuru te mo tayuku
sonaetsuru kana | The tribute from
New cocoons
Turned to silken thread:
The gifting hands so tiredly
Do offer it! |
Toshiyori
思ひ草葉末に結ぶ白露のたまたまきてば手にもかからず
omoFigusa
Fazuwe ni musubu
siratuyu no
tamatama kiteba
te ni mo kakarazu |
The undergrowth’s
Leaf tips are tangled
With silver dewdrop
Gems on occasion, but
They touch not my hands… |
Minamoto no Toshiyori
源俊頼
Falling Leaves
はげしさのみ山おろしはてもなくていかで木のはをこきちらすらん
hageshisa no
miyamaoroshi wa
te mo nakute
ikade ko no ha o
kokichirasuran | Wild is
The wind from out the mountains:
With no hands
How does it the leaves from off the trees
Seem to scatter all around? |
Minamoto no Toshiyori
源俊頼
'Simply moving and elegant'
