Temples 寺
木の葉ちり鹿なく秋の山寺はいりあひのかねの音ぞさびしき
| ko no ha chiri shika naku aki no yamadera wa iriai no kane no oto zo sabishiki | Leaves scattering from the trees, and Stags crying – in autumn At a mountain temple The sunset bell’s Toll is lonely, indeed! |
Higo
Tag Archives: Higo
Eikyū hyakushu 553
Ancient Estates 故郷
むぐらはひよもぎがそまとあれはててふりにし里は人かげもせず
| mugurahai yomogi ga soma to arehatete furinishi sato wa hitokage mo sezu | Creepers crawl around The mugwort and brushwood Desolate and wild; At this aged estate There is no trace of anyone, at all. |
Higo
Eikyū hyakushu 546
すべらぎのながゐの池は水すみてのどかにちよのかげぞ見えける
| suberagi no nagai no ike wa mizu sumite nodoka ni chiyo no kage zo miekeru | Our Sovereign’s Nagai Pond has Water so clear, that In peaceful calm a thousand generations Shape is revealed. |
Higo
Eikyū hyakushu 539
Waterfalls 滝
山たかみおちくる滝のしらいとをむすぶしづくに玉ぞこぼるる
| yama takami ochikuru taki no shira’ito o musubu shizuku ni tama zo koboruru | From the mountain’s heights Comes tumbling a cataract of White threads, Twined from droplets, Their gemlets overflowing. |
Higo
Eikyū hyakushu 532
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
Eikyū hyakushu 525
Lakes 水海
にほの海はみるめもおひぬ浦にてやむベかづきする海人なかりけり
| nio no umi wa mirume mo oinu ura nite ya mube kazuki suru ama nakarikeri | At the Sea of Grebes No prying eyes arise from midst the seaweed, On the beach: is that why Truly slipping beneath the waters There are no fishermen at all? |
Higo
Eikyū hyakushu 518
Stones 石
おく山の人もかよはぬ谷川にせぜの石ばしたれわたしけん
| okuyama no hito mo kayowanu tanikawa ni seze no ishibashi tare watashiken | Deep within the mountains, where Folk never go, lies A stream within a valley, The rapids spanned by a bridge of stones, But who might it be that built it? |
Higo
Eikyū hyakushu 511
Hotsprings 出湯
世の人の恋のやまひの薬とや七くりのゆのわきかへるらん
| yo no hito no koi no yamai no kusuri to ya nanakuri no yu no wakikaeruran | For folk in this world Suffering love’s sickness, Can this be a remedy? At Nanakuri, the hotspring Always gushes forth anew! |
Higo
Eikyū hyakushu 504
Stars 星
我ひとりかまくら山をこえゆけばほし月夜こそうれしかりけれ
| ware hitori kamakurayama o koeyukeba hoshizukiyo koso ureshikarikere | When alone I, Over dim Mount Kamakura Do make my way, A starlit night Is most pleasant, indeed! |
Higo
Eikyū hyakushu 490
Love on Parting 別恋
わかれにし人を恋ぢにまよふかないつをあひみん時ぞともなく
| wakarenishi hito o koiji ni mayou kana itsu o aimin toki zo tomo naku | That one who left me On the paths of love Must have lost his way! That time when we’ll meet Once more never will arrive… |
Higo