とへかしな雲の上より來し雁の獨友なき浦に泣く音を
toekashina
kumo no ue yori
koshi kari no
hitori tomo naki
ura ni naku ne o |
O, how he would have a visit!
From above the clouds
Has come a goose,
Alone and friendless,
Crying by the bay. |
神無月時雨飛び分行く雁のつばさ吹干す峰の木枯
kaminazuki
shigure tobiwake
yuku kari no
tsubasa fukihosu
mine no kogarashi |
In the Godless Month, it
Drizzles upon the passing
Geese;
Wings blown dry by
The biting wind atop the peaks. |
あはれなりたがつらとてか初雁の寢覺の床に涙そふらん
awarenari
ta ga tsura tote ka
hatsukari no
nesame no toko ni
namida souran |
O, how sad!
Whose friend is
The first goose?
That on my bed at waking time,
Yet more tears should fall… |
野邊染むる雁の涙は色もなし物思ふ露のおきの里には
nobe somuru
kari no namida wa
iro mo nashi
mono’omou tsuyu no
oki no sato ni wa |
The field-staining
Goose tears
Lack all colour;
In the dew of melancholy thoughts
Falling on my dwelling, here on Oki Isle. |
At Satogahama.
けふからは日本の雁ぞ樂に寢よ
kyō kara wa
nihon no kari zo
raku ni neyo |
From this day
The geese of Japan
Shall sleep more easily! |
田の雁や里の人數はけふもへる
ta no kari ya
sato no hito kazu wa
kyô mo heru |
In the ricefields, geese
And villagers: their numbers
Decrease from today. |
At Itabashi.
かしましや江戸見た雁の歸り樣
kashimashi ya
edo mita kari no
kaeri yo |
What a commotion!
The geese have seen Edo and
Are on their way home. |
On geese.
雁聞やあら井の關の侍衆
kari kiku ya
arai no seki no
samurai shu |
Listening to the geese,
At the Barrier of Arai
Stands a samurai. |
On returning geese.
歸る雁田ごとの月の曇る夜に
kaeru kari
tagoto no tsuki no
kumoru yo ni |
The geese are on their way home
And the moon above Tagoto is
Hidden in the clouds tonight. |
Cold.
雁さはぐ鳥羽の田づらや寒の雨
kari sawagu
toba no tazura ya
kan no ame |
Geese noisily
Alight upon the rice fields at Toba
In the freezing rain. |
(1691)
'Simply moving and elegant'