春秋はかはり行くともわたつ海のなかなる島の松ぞ久しき
haru aki wa
kawariyuku tomo
watatsumi no
nakanaru shima no
matsu zo hisashiki | The springs and autumns
May turn on, yet
In the broad sea sweep
Lying, an isle has
Pines eternal. |
691
和我伊能知乎 奈我刀能之麻能 小松原 伊久与乎倍弖加 可武佐備和多流
わがいのちを ながとのしまの こまつばら いくよをへてか かむさびわたる
wa ga inocti
nagato no sima no
komatubara
ikuyo wo pete ka
kamusabiwataru | My life!
Upon the isle of Nagato
The dwarf pine groves
Have through how many ages passed?
Ever venerable… |
Anonymous
いせ島やいちしのあまのすて衣あふことなみに朽ちやはてなん
iseshima ya
ichishi no ama no
sutegoromo
au koto nami ni
kuchi ya hatenan | On Ise Isle
At Ichishi a fisherman has
Abandoned his garb
To the waves—unable to meet
Will I, too, rot away, I wonder? |
471
あま衣たみのの島になくたづのこゑききしよりわすれかねつも
amagoromo
tamino no shima ni
naku tazu no
koe kikishi yori
wasurekanetsuru | Fishers’ garb drapes
Tamino Isle, where
Crying cranes—
Ever since I heard her
I have been unable to forget. |
459
月きよみさ夜更行けばいせしまやいちしのうらに千どりなくなり
tsuki kiyomi
sayo fukeyukeba
iseshima ya
ichishi no ura ni
chidori nakunari | Pure the moon
As brief night wears on
At Ise’s isle—
From the shore at Ichishi
The plovers cry. |
355
塩がまのうらふく風に秋たけてまがきの島に月かたぶきぬ
shiogama no
ura fuku kaze ni
aki takete
magaki no shima ni
tsuki katabukinu | At Shiogama,
The breeze gusting ‘cross the shore
Marks the end of autumn, as
Over Magaki Isle
The moon does set. |
Composed on plovers on the road to the barrier.
あはぢしまかよふちどりの鳴く声にいくよねざめぬすまの関もり
awajishima
kayou chidori no
naku koe ni
ikuyo nezamenu
suma no sekimori | Around Awaji Isle
The plovers fly about;
Their calling cries
Start him awake on how many nights—
The barrier warden of Suma? |
Minamoto no Kanemasa
Created with Soan.
Composed on plovers on the road to the barrier.
淡路島かよふちどりのなくこゑにいく夜ねざめぬ須磨の関守
awajishima
kayou chidori no
naku koe ni
ikuyo nesamenu
suma no sekimori | To Awaji Isle
Fly back and forth the plovers—
Their calling cries have
Wakened, on how many nights,
The wardens of Suma barrier? |
Minamoto no Kanemasa
難波潟鶴ぞ鳴くなるこれやこの田蓑の島のわたりなるらむ
naniFagata
tadu zo nakunaru
kore ya kono
tamino no sima no
watari naruramu |
At the shore of Naniwa
The cranes are crying;
Is it true that
Tamino Isle
Does lie nearby? |
Minamoto no Moroyori
源師頼
'Simply moving and elegant'
