Composed on the conception of hawking.
かりくらしかたののましば折敷きてよどのかはせの月をみるかな
karikurashi
katano no mashiba
orishikite
yodo no kawase no
tsuki o miru kana | While hunting night has fallen, so
In Katano brushwood
I’ll break and spread around, then
In the Yodo’s rapids
I’ll gaze upon the moon! |
Kinhira, Middle Captain of the Inner Palace Guards, Left Division
Created with Soan.
Boats 船
水あさみ川せの波はたつものをくだすう舟のみつや何なる
mizu asami
kawase no nami wa
tatsu mono o
kudasu ubune no
mitsu ya ika naru | How shallow the waters in
The river rapids where waves
Arise –
What will become of the cormorant boats, sailing down
If they be full? |
Tadafusa
年ごとに鮎しはしれば沢田川鵜やつかつけて川瀬たづねむ
toshigoto ni
ayu shi hashireba
sawadagawa
u yatsu kazukete
kawase tazunemu |
Every year
When the sweetfish run so swift,
At Sawada River
The cormorants do gather, and
Sport among the river rapids! |
'Simply moving and elegant'
