Waterweed 萍
池のおもにうゑぬにおふるうき草はなみやよるよる種をまきけん
| ike no omo ni uenu ni ouru ukikusa wa nami ya yoruyoru tane o makiken | Upon the surface of the pond, Not planted but growing are The waterweeds – Do the waves, washing back and forth Sow their seeds, perhaps? |
Tadafusa
Ponds 池
酌みてしる人もあらじなおもふこといはれの池のいひし出でねば
| kumite shiru hito mo araji na omou koto iware no ike no iishi ideneba | Understanding by cupping water – There is no one who might do that! For to feelings Has Iware Pond Never given voice… |
Daishin
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
Ponds 池
いせならばひがごとぞとやおもはまし山となるてふみまさかの池
| ise naraba higagoto zo to ya omowamashi yama to naru chō mimasaka no ike | Is an imitation Something so wrong I would wonder; For into mountains have turned The ponds of Mimasaka! |
Tadafusa
Ponds 池
世にわびて波たちまちにすぐなれどあその御池にぬさたてまつる
| yo ni wabite nami tachimachi ni sugu naredo aso no mi’ike ni nusa tatematsuru | All the world’s troubles In sudden waves Arise, yet At the fair pond of Aso Will I make an offering… |
Toshiyori
Ponds 池
冬さむみにほ鳥すだく原の池も世にむすぼるる氷りしにけり
| fuyu samumi niodori sudaku hara no ike mo yo ni musubōruru kōrishinikeri | In the winter’s chill Even the waterfowl cluttered Ponds upon the plain Have grown thick at night With frozen ice. |
Nakazane
Ponds 池
汀にはたちもよられぬ山がつのかげはづかしき清住のいけ
| migiwa ni wa tachi mo yorarenu yamagatsu no kage hazukashiki kiyozumi no ike | The water’s edge is Unapproachable for The mountain man’s Shadow, feeling unworthy at A pond of pure water. |
Akinaka
Mandarin Ducks 鴛鴦
夜とともにおもふことなきをし鳥やかげとならびの池にすむらん
| yo to tomo ni omou koto naki oshidori ya kage to narabi no ike ni sumuran | With night’s fall Heedlessly Does the mandarin Together with his reflection Seek to dwell upon the pond? |
Daishin
A poem on travel.
君がため浮沼の池の菱摘むと我が染めし袖濡れにけるかも
| kimi ga tame ukinu no ike no pisi tumu to wa ga somesi sode nurenikeru kamo | For you, my love, At Ukinu Pond Picking water chestnuts, These sleeves I’ve dyed Have become completely drenched! |
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Collection
柿本人麻呂歌集
From the pond at Ōsawa in Saga. From this point on, poems refer to flowers on the suhama.
人本と思ひしものを大沢の池の底にも誰か植ゑけむ
| Fitomoto to omoFisi mono wo oFosaFa no ike no soko ni mo tare ka uwekemu | A single bloom Did I think it was, but In Ōsawa Pond’s depths Who might have planted it there? |
Tomonori
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A variant of this poem occurs in Kokinshū (V:275).