Wind
Left (Win)
おはらきのもりのくずはもふくかぜにもみぢもあへずちりやしぬらん
oharaki no
mori no kuzuha mo
fuku kaze ni
momiji mo aezu
chiri ya shinuran | In Oharaki
Among the groves, will the kudzu leaves,
When the wind does blow
Parting from the scarlet leaves
Scatter, too, I wonder? |
Tamemasa
3
Right
みかきののくさこそなびけよろづよのはじめのあきのかぜのこゑかも
mikaki no no
kusa koso nabike
yorozu yo no
hajime no aki no
kaze no koe kamo | In the fields by the sacred walls
The grasses do sway;
Ten thousand generations’
First autumn
Breeze sounds out! |
Nagayoshi
4
Topic unknown.
わがやどの花たちばなにふく風をたが里よりとたれながむらん
wa ga yado no
hanatachibana ni
fuku kaze o
ta ga sato yori to
tare nagamuran | From my home
The scent of orange blossom
Is carried on the breeze;
Will you wonder from whose house it came
Lost in pensive thoughts? |
Major Controller of the Left Chikamune
Topic unknown.
風にちるはなたちばなに袖しめてわがおもふいもが手枕にせん
kaze ni chiru
hanatachibana ni
sode shimete
wa ga omou imo ga
tamakura ni sen | Scattered on the breeze
Orange blossoms’ scent
Has sunk into my sleeves,
So to my darling girl
My arm as a pillow will I proffer. |
Fujiwara no Mototoshi
Zithers 筝
ことのねをひきくらべてやしらべまし秋風なれば身にもしむかな
koto no ne o
hikikurabete ya
shirabemashi
aki kaze nareba
mi ni mo shimu kana | A zither’s notes
Plucked out—
O, how I would tune them!
For the autumn wind
Does pierce my soul! |
Akinaka
Katsura 桂
人しれずけふをしまつと風はやみかつらの枝を折りもよわらず
hito shirezu
kyō o shimatsu to
kaze hayami
katsura no eda o
ori mo yowarazu | Unknown to all
For today have I made ready –
Amid the rushing wind
The katsura branches will
I break without hesitation! |
Toshiyori
Katsura 桂
我が身には吹くべき風も吹きこねばかつらの枝もをらずぞ有りける
wa ga mi ni wa
fukubeki kaze mo
fukikoneba
katsura no eda mo
orazu zo arikeru | Upon my flesh
I expect the touch of wind, but
Not a gust does come, so
The katsura branches, too,
Have remained unbroken. |
Nakazane
Ponds 池
吹く風にみくさかたよる池水はなかばくもれるかがみなりけり
fuku kaze ni
mikusa katayoru
ikemizu wa
nakaba kumoreru
kagami narikeri | With the gusting wind
The waterweeds trail through
The pondwater, turning
What lies within into a clouded
Mirror. |
Kanemasa
Groves 原
谷おろしの風しやみねばよとともにおきつがはらにくぬぎ波だつ
tani’oroshi no
kaze shi yamineba
yo to tomo ni
okitsu ga hara ni
kunugi namidatsu | From down the valley
The breeze has ceased, so now
With the fall of night
Across plain at Okitsu
Waves run through the chestnut oaks. |
Akinaka
Love Waiting for Someone 待人恋
たのめしはさしもあらじにあぢきなく人待つかぜの身にもしむかな
tanomeshi wa
sashimo araji ni
ajikinaku
hito matsu kaze no
mi ni mo shimu kana | When trustworthiness
Seems to be in such short supply,
Bored
I await him with the wind
Cutting me more deeply! |
Daishin
Love Waiting for Someone 待人恋
風さへもおどろかすかなたのめずはまたて中中ねなましものを
kaze sae mo
odorokasu kana
tanomezu wa
matate naka naka
nenamashi mono o | Even the wind
Starts me from sleep!
You made me no promises,
So, while waiting, desultorily
Will I make my bed… |
Higo
'Simply moving and elegant'