Bush clover at an ancient estate.
故郷のもとあらのこはぎいたづらに見る人なしみさきかちりなん
furusato no
motoara no kohagi
itazura ni
miru hito nashi mi
saki ka chirinan | At this ancient estate, does
The sparse bush clover,
So pointlessly,
With no one to see
Bloom and then scatter away? |
Bush clover in the grounds.
秋風はいたくな吹きそわがやどのもとあらの小萩ちらまくもをし
akikaze wa
itaku na fuki so
wa ga yado no
motoara no kohagi
chiramaku mo oshi | O, autumn breezes,
Blow not so fiercely!
For at my home
The scanty bush clover’s
Scattering around I do regret! |
On flowering grasses before the moon, when he presented a Fifty Poem Sequence.
ふるさとのもとあらのこはぎさきしよりよなよな庭の月ぞうつろふ
furusato no
motoara no kohagi
sakishi yori
yonayona niwa no
tsuki zo utsurou | At my ancient home
Since the sparse bush clover
Bloomed,
Night after night upon the garden
Shines the moon![i] |
The Regent and Palace Minister
Created with Soan.
[i] An allusive variation on KKS XIV: 694.
'Simply moving and elegant'
