On Rivers.
夕さらずかはづ鳴くなる三輪川の清き瀬の音を聞かくしよしも
| yū sarazu kawazu nakunaru miwagawa no kiyoki se no oto o kikakushi yoshi mo |
Evening comes, and The frogs do cry; The River Miwa’s Crystal currents’ sound Is a pleasure, indeed! |
Anonymous
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MYS X: 2165
On frogs.
上つ瀬にかはづ妻呼ぶ夕されば衣手寒み妻まかむとか
| kami tu se ni kapadu tuma yobu yupusareba koromode samumi tuma makamu to ka |
In the rapids upstream A frog cries for a mate, When the evening comes, How chill the sleeves – Maybe he would be with her swiftly! |
Anonymous
MYS X: 2164
On frogs.
背を早み落ちたぎちたる白波にかはづ鳴くなり朝夕ごとに
| se wo payami otitagititaru siranami ni kapadu nakunari asayupu goto ni |
The current flows so swift There are eddies making Whitecaps where The frogs do call, Morning and evening both… |
Anonymous
MYS X: 2163
On frogs.
草枕旅に物思ひ我が聞けば夕かたまけて鳴くかはづかも
| kusa makura tabi ni monomopi wa ga kikeba yupukata makete naku kawadu kamo |
Pillowed on the grass, In gloomy thought on my travels, And then I hear, As if eager for evening, The frogs calling… |
Anonymous
MYS X: 2162
On frogs.
神なびの山下響み行く水にかはづ鳴くなり秋と言はむとや
| kamunabi no yamasita toyomi yuku midu ni kapadu nakunari aki to ipamu to ya |
The sacred Mountains’ feet resound With rushing waters, where Frogs are crying; Do they announce the coming autumn? |
Anonymous
GSS XVIII: 1250
On hearing the frogs .
我宿にあひ宿り宿りしてすむ蛙夜になればやものは悲しき
| wa ga yado ni aFiyadorisite sumu kaFadu yoru ni nareba ya mono Fa kanasiki |
At my home I lodge together with The frogs dwelling there; Is it that night has come That make everything so sad? |
Anonymous
Fubokushō IX: 3544
みさびえの菱の浮き葉に隱ろへて蛙鳴くなり夕立の空
| misahie no hishi no ukiwa ni kakuroete kawazu nakunari yūdachi no sora |
In the stagnant inlet Beneath the floating water chestnut leaves Concealed, The frogs are crying, as Evening showers fill the sky. |
Yoshitsune
Fubokushō XXVIII: 13481
刈り残す水の真菰に隱ろへてかげもち顔に鳴く蛙かな
| karinokosu mizu no makomo ni kakuroete kagemochigao ni naku kawazu kana |
Unreaped remnants Of wild rice in the water Conceal The contentedly Croaking frogs! |
Saigyō
This poem is also Sankashū 1018.
GSIS II: 159
Composed on frogs for a poetry competition held at the residence of the Kokiden Consort in Chōkyū 2 [1041].
みがくれて集く蛙の諸声に騒ぎぞわたる池の浮草
| migakurete sudaku kaFadu no morogowe ni sawagi zo wataru ike no ukikusa |
Concealing themselves The swarming frogs’ Chorus Drifts loudly across The pond’s floating weeds |
Ryōsen
良暹
GSS X: 606
As a way of saying, ‘Let’s start talking,’ to a lady.
隠沼に忍ひわびぬるわか身かな井手の蛙と成りやしなまし
| kakurenu ni sinobiwabinuru wa ga mi kana wide no kaFadu to nari ya si namasi |
Hidden in the marsh Grieving alone Am I; As a frog in Idé Am I to be? |
Fujiwara no Tadafusa (?-928)
藤原忠房