秋の日のあやしきほどの黄昏に荻吹く風の音ぞ聞ゆる
| aki no Fi no ayasiki Fodo no tasogare ni wogi Fuku kaze no oto zo kikoyuru |
Autumn days Are most eerie At dusk, when The sound of wind blowing o’er the silver-grass Is all I hear… |
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Eikyū hyakushu 465
風吹けば磯打つ波の立ち返り見れども飽かぬ君にもあるかな
| kaze Fukeba iso utu nami no tatikaFeri miredomo akanu kimi ni mo aru kana |
When the wind does blow Waves strike the rocky shore Again and yet again I see you, yet unsated Of you am I! |
Minamoto no Nakazane
源仲実
KYS I: 53
Composed when a large number of the Junior Consort’s ladies conducted blossom-viewing during the reign of former Emperor Horikawa.
春毎にあかぬ匂をさくら花いかなる風のをしまざるらむ
| Faru goto ni akanu nioFi wo sakurabana ikanaru kaze no woshimazaruramu |
Every single spring Never am I sated by The cherry blossom; What breeze is it that Is not a cause of regret? |
Chikuzen Wet Nurse
筑前乳母
Bunji ni nen uta’awase 94
心すむ尾上の松の風にまた鹿の音たぐふ秋の夕暮
| kokoro sumu onoe no matsu no kaze ni mata shika no ne taguu aki no yūgure |
Across the enlightened Pines of Onoe The wind, once more Resembles a stag’s cry On an autumn evening. |
Eikyū hyakushu 376
時雨つつ吹く山風に椎柴の枝はなひけど色は変らず
| shiguretsutsu fuku yama kaze ni shiishiba no eda wa nabikedo iro wa kawarazu |
Showers mixed with Gusting mountain winds The brushwood Branches bend down yet They show no change of hue. |
Minamoto no Kanemasa
源兼昌
Eikyū hyakushu 342
冬寒み風もとまらぬ山里にいとど霙ぞ降りまさりける
| fuyu samumi kaze mo tomaranu yamazato ni itodo mizore zo furimasarikeru |
How cold the winter With unending wind Round my mountain home, where The sleet ever Stronger falls. |
Higo, from the Resisdence of the Kyōgoku Regent
京極関白家肥後
KYS III: 216
Composed when he was asked by people in the capital what the moon had been like, when he had returned there, after going to Akashi to gaze upon it, at a time when it was particularly bright.
有明の月もあかしの浦風に波ばかりこそよるとみえしか
| ariake no tuki mo akasi no urakaze ni nami bakari koso yoru to miesika |
The dawntime Moon’s brightness, with Akashi’s Beach breezes Simply with the waves Did seem to draw near with the night… |
Taira no Tadamori
平忠盛
Jishō sanjū roku nin uta’awase 335
高円の野路の篠原風冴えて玉井が袖に霰迸る
| takamado no noji no shinohara kaze saete tamai ga sode ni arare tabashiru |
At Takamado, In Shinohara in Noji, Chill is the wind, and Upon jewel-strewn sleeves Tumble hailstones. |
Shun’e
俊恵
Chūgū no suke shige’ie ason ke uta’awase 96
小笹原夜の間の雪に埋もれてゐなの山風音ぞともしき
| ozasawara yo no ma no yuki ni uzumorete ina no yamakaze oto zo tomoshiki |
The groves of young broad-leaved bamboo In night’s snowfall Have been buried; The wind in the Ina mountains Sounds faint, indeed! |
Minamoto no Moromitsu
源師光
Tango no kami kinmoto ason uta’awase 9
小笹原玉ぬく露を見る折りはしばしな吹きそ山颪の風
| ozasaFara tama nuku tuyu wo miru wori Fa sibasi na Fuki so yama orosi no kaze |
The groves of young broad-leaved bamboo Gem-strung with dew Do seem – for that time Briefly blow not, O, wind from off the mountains! |