Left (Tie)
ふるさとにかすみとびわけゆくかりはたびのそらにやはるをすぐらむ
furusato ni kasumi tobiwake yuku kari wa tabi no sora ni ya haru o suguramu | Above an ancient estate Flying through the parting haze Go the geese: In the skies they journey through, I wonder, will they pass the springtime? |
Mitsune
19
Right
ちるはなをぬきしとめねばあをやぎのいとはよるともかひやなからむ
chiru hana o nukishi tomeneba aoyagi no ito wa yoru tomo kai ya nakaramu | The scattered blossom Has been pierced, but not stayed, so, The green willow’s Threaded fronds are spun together, yet It useless seems… |
20
‘“Sewn but not halted”—it really does seem so.’
Azaleas
Left
かりがねにおもひかけつつしのばなんあまつそらなるわが身なりとも
kari ga ne ni omoikaketsutsu shinobanan ama tsu sora naru wa ga mi naritomo | Upon the goose cries Ever hang your thoughts, and Remember, that Within the sky-spanning heavens I may yet be… |
Sadafun
15
Right
うぐひすのこゑなつかしくなきつるはのちもこひつつしのばなむとか
uguisu no koe natsukashiku nakitsuru wa nochi mo koitsutsu shinobanamu to ka | Does the warbler’s Song so charmingly Ring out that Later, ever fondly Will he be remembered? |
16
Topic unknown.
はれそむるみねのあさぎりひまみえて山の端わたるかりの一つら
haresomuru mine no asagiri hima miete yama no ha wataru kari no hitotsura | Beginning to clear Are the morning mists from round the peak And through the gaps appear Crossing the mountains’ edge A single line of geese. |
Fujiwara no Yorikiyo
A spring poem, from the Shōji Hundred Poem Sequences.
水茎の跡もとまらず見ゆるかな浪と雲とにかへる雁がね
mizukuki no ato mo tomarazu miyuru kana nami to kumo to ni kaeru kari ga ne | Faint traceries on the water Leave no sign, It seems! Waves and clouds together with A returning goose’s cry. |
Jakuren
Left
雁がねにおどろく秋のよを寒み虫のおりだす衣をぞきる
kari ga ne ni odoroku aki no yo o samumi mushi no oridasu koromo o zo kiru | The goose cries are Startling on an autumn Night so chill The insects’ woven Robes I will put on! |
106[1]
Right
あき風はたがたむけとか紅葉ばをぬさにきりつつ吹きちらすらん
akikaze wa ta ga tamuke to ka momijiba o nusa ni kiritsutsu fukichirasuran | The autumn wind: To whom does it make its offering Of scarlet leaves? Ever cutting them to streamers, and Seeming to scatter them with its gusts… |
107
[1] Fubokushō XII: 4881
Left
雁がねは風をさむみやはたおりめくだまく音のきりきりとする
kari ga ne wa kaze o samumi ya hataorime kuda maku oto no kirikiri to suru | Is it the goose cries that Chill the wind so? The Weaver Maid Shuttling the weft makes A clattering sound. |
100
Right
うゑしとき花まちどほにありし菊うつろふ秋にあはんとやみし
ueshi toki hana machidō ni arishi kiku utsurou aki ni awamu to ya mishi | From planting time Did I eagerly await These chrysanthemums here: That they would fade with autumn’s passing Did I think it then… |
Ōe no Chisato
101[1]
[1] Kokinshū V: 271/Shinsen man’yōshū 351/Kokin rokujō VI: 3753
Left
雁のねは風にきほひてわたれどもわが待つ人のことづてぞなき
kari no ne wa kaze ni kioite wataredomo wa ga matsu hito no kotozute zo naki | The goose cries Competing with the wind Come across, yet From the man I’m waiting for There is no word at all… |
92
Right
大空をとりかへすとも見えなくにほしかとみゆる秋の草かな
ōzora o torikaesu tomo mienaku ni hoshi ka to miyuru aki no kusa kana | The heavens Claimed back, they Do not appear to be, yet Somehow, they seem like stars: These autumn grasses! |
93
Left
をみなへし匂へる野辺にやどりせばあやなくあだの名をやたちなん
ominaeshi nioeru nobe ni yadoriseba ayanaku ada no na o ya tachinan | A maidenflower Shines in the meadows, and Should I find lodging there, Carelessly, would fickle Rumour arise? |
Ono no Yoshiki
88
Right
秋風にさそはれ来つる雁がねの雲ゐはるかにけふぞ聞ゆる
akikaze ni sasowarekitsuru kari ga ne no kumoi haruka ni kyō zo kikoyuru | On the autumn breeze Has come, inviting, A goose’s cry From among the distant clouds Today I hear it. |
89
Left 梅のはなしるきかならでうつろはば雪降りやまぬ春とこそ見め
ume no hana shiru ki ka narade utsurowaba yuki furiyamanu haru to koso mime | Of the plum blossom Is this tree not aware, so If it fades An endless snowfall Will seem to mark this spring. |
5
Right
春の日に霞わけつつとぶ雁の見えみみえずみ雲がくれ行く
haru no hi ni kasumi waketsutsu tobu kari no mie mi miezu mi kumogakureyuku | The springtime sun Keeps breaking through the haze, so The geese, winging, Appear and are lost to view Vanishing within the clouds. |
6
A poem from the Poetry Contest held by the Empress Dowager during the Reign of the Kanpyō Emperor.
雁がねにおどろく秋のよを寒み虫のおりだす衣をぞきる
kari ga ne ni odoroku aki no yo o samumi mushi no oridasu koromo o zo kiru | The goose cries are Startling on an autumn Night so chill The insects’ woven Robes I will put on! |
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