A night when the moon had been bright at the beginning of autumn
天の原雲なきよゐに久かたの月さえわたるかささぎの橋
ama no hara kumo naki yoi ni hisakata no tsuki saewataru kasasagi no hashi At the plain of Heaven,
ひこぼしのゆきあひをまつ久かたのあまのかはらに秋風ぞふく
hikoboshi no yukiai o matsu hisakata no ama no kawara ni akikaze zo fuku Where the Herd Boy, the stars’
久かたの天の河原をうちながめいつかとまちし秋も来にけり
hisakata no ama no kawara o uchinagame itsuka to machishi aki mo kinikeri Upon eternal
The spring moon.
ながむれば衣手かすむ久かたの月のみやこの春のよのそら
nagamureba koromode kasumu hisakata no tsuki no miyako no haru no yo no sora When I gaze upon them
Created with Soan.
Spring
Composed on the First day of the First Month
今朝みれば山もかすみて久かたのあまのはらより春は来にけり
kesa mireba yama mo kasumite hisakata no ama no hara yori haru wa kinikeri Gazing out this morning [i]
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Created with Soan . [i] The reference to the ‘plains of Heaven’ (ama no hara 天の原) being ‘eternal’ (hisakata 久方) implies that the poet has been long awaiting the arrival of spring—a nuance which I have attempted to capture with the final ‘at last’.
和何則能尓 宇米能波奈知流 比佐可多能 阿米欲里由吉能 那何列久流加母
我が園に梅の花散るひさかたの天より雪の流れ来るかも
wa ga sono ni Within my garden
Ōtomo no Tabito
ひさかたの雨も降らぬか蓮葉に溜まれる水の玉に似たる見む
hisakata no Is it that from the eternal
Hashisu
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