Dwarf Bamboo 小篠
あさまだきをざさが原を分けゆけば露けぎ袖を人やとがめん
| asa madaki ozasa ga hara o wakeyukeba tsuyukeki sode o hito ya togamen | Just before the break of dawn Through a grove of dwarf bamboo Do I forge my way, so Will my dew-drenched sleeves By folk be condemned? |
Daishin
Dwarf Bamboo 小篠
ふむ人もなき庭に生ふる玉ざさのこたふばかりにふるあられかな
| fumu hito mo naki niwa ni ouru tamazasa no kotau bakari ni arare kana | No folks’ feet tread Upon these grounds where grows Bejewelled dwarf bamboo – and In response comes only Hailstones! |
Nakazane
Waterfalls 滝
名にたてぬみ山がくれの滝なれどながれはさとの人にしられぬ
| na ni tatenu miyamagakure no taki naredo nagare wa sato no hito ni shirarenu | No name adorns These hidden mountain Falls, yet Of their flow are the estate’s Folk all unknowing… |
Kanemasa
Lakes 水海
恋ひわぶる人にあふみの海といへどみるめはおひぬ物にぞありける
| koiwaburu hito ni ōmi no umi to iedo mirume wa oinu mono ni zo arikeru | Suffering with love’s pains Folk meet at Ōmi Sea, they say, though No prying eyes arise from midst the seaweed there – ‘Tis true to say! |
Daishin
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
Stones 石
石はさもたちける人のこころさへ かたかど有りて見えもするかな
| ishi wa samo tachikeru hito no kokoro sae katakado arite mie mo suru kana | Such is the way with stones: Should the folk who place them, Within their hearts have but even A trace of talent, It is plain to see! |
Toshiyori
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
Love Waiting for Someone 待人恋
すみよしの松とは人のしらねばやなみうちたえてきしもせざらん
| sumiyoshi no matsu to wa hito no shiraneba ya nami uchitaete kishi mo sezaran | At Sumiyoshi are The pines of folk All unknowing? The waves have stopped, and Even the shore seems untouched. |
Tadafusa
Lacking a Glimpse of Love Letters 不見書恋
いかがせむさののふなばしさのみやはふみだにみじと人のいふべき
| ikaga semu sano no funabashi sanomi ya wa fumi dani miji to hito no iubeki | O, what am I to do At the ferry port of Sano? Simply, of Letters there seems to be no sign, is What folk can tell to me. |
Tadafusa
Gosechi 五節
日影さすをみのあかひもうちとけて立ちまふ人をもてはやすなり
| hikage sasu omi no akahimo uchitokete tachimau hito o motehayasunari | Sunlight falls on Scarlet purification cords, Undone as The dancing folk do Shine so bright! |
Toshiyori