Love Interrupted by a Year 経年恋
立ちかはる春のかすみぞうらめしきあひみぬ年をへだつとおもへば
tachikawaru
haru no kasumi zo
urameshiki
aiminu toshi o
hedatsu to omoeba | The swiftly changing
Hazes of spring,
How I envy them!
When, a year with no tryst
Does stand between, I think… |
Daishin
Love Interrupted by a Year 経年恋
いかにせんあはで年さへこえぬるにわすれぬ恋の心ながさを
ika ni sen
awade toshi sae
koenuru ni
wasurenu koi no
kokoro nagasa o | O, what am I to do?
For even a year with no meeting
Have I spent, but
An unforgettable love
Runs through my heart… |
Higo
Love Interrupted by a Year 経年恋
あふことをとしぎりしたる我が身かな花さきがたき桃ならなくに
au koto o
toshigiri shitaru
wa ga mi kana
hana sakigataki
momo naranaku ni | Meetings
Biennial have become
For me!
For all that a rarely blooming
Peach tree I am not… |
Kanemasa
Love Interrupted by a Year 経年恋
もどかしと七夕つめやおもふらんあはぬ年なきおのがならひに
modokashi to
tanabatatsume ya
omouran
awanu toshi naki
ono ga narai ni | Wretched
Would the Weaver Maid
Think me?
For to have a year with no tryst at all
Is not what she expects… |
Tadafusa
Love Interrupted by a Year 経年恋
年こえぬさのみはまたじしなが烏いなのみそ川すまじとすらん
toshi koenu
sa nomi wa mataji
shina ga tori
ina no misogawa
sumaji to suran | An entire year gone by –
I simply would not wait that long!
The grebes
At Ina’s harbour mouth
Would dwell there no more, it seems… |
Toshiyori
Love Interrupted by a Year 経年恋
立ちわかれいでてひさしもなけれどもあはでもとしの過ぎにけるかな
tachiwakare
idete hisashi mo
nakeredomo
awade mo toshi no
suginikeru kana | Since we parted and
You left, an eternity
It has not been, and yet
Without a meeting an entire year
Has certainly passed by! |
Nakazane
Love Interrupted by a Year 経年恋
まてといはむことこそいまはたのまれねさてのみこぞも過ぎしみなれば
mate to iwamu
koto koso ima wa
tanomarene
sate nomi kozo mo
sugishi mi nareba | ‘Wait for me!’ is what I’d say,
But now, indeed,
I cannot ask it:
For that is simply this past year gone
How I have spent my time… |
Akinaka
'Simply moving and elegant'