Blankets 衾
あせいらばうれたくせこはおもはじや人はだふるなまだらこぶすま
ase iraba
uretaku seko wa
omowaji ya
hito wa taburu na
madara kobusuma | If I’m drenched with sweat,
Should I crossly the world
Cast from my thoughts?
O, don’t drive folk mad,
You motley blankets! |
Nakazane
Blankets
君こばとはにふのこやの床のうへにあさでこぶすまひきてこそをれ
kimi koba to
hanyu no koya no
toko no ue ni
asade kobusuma
hikite koso ore | “If you should come…” I say, and
In my meagre hut
From atop my bed
My hempen bedding
I draw back! |
Minamoto no Toshiyori
源俊頼
庭に立つ麻布小衾今宵だに妻よしこせぬ麻ち小衾
niFa ni tatu
asade kobusuma
koyoFi dani
tuma yosikosenu
asati kobusuma |
Standing in the grounds,
Hemp, turned meagre bedding, but
Even on this night
My wife will not draw near
My hempen bedding! |
'Simply moving and elegant'