Awaiting love, on seeing the moon.
こぬ人を待としらでやゝどるらん槇の板戸のいざよひの月
| konu hito o matsu to shirade ya yadoruran maki no itado no izayoi no tsuki |
That one who comes not I await, all unknowing – Will it stay with me, I wonder – Shines upon my fine wood door The wavering early evening moon. |
Sent to Lady Michinokuni, in service to the Lay Priestess and Princess of the First Order (Shūshi (996-1049)).
奧山の眞木の葉しのぎ降る雪のいつとくべしと見えぬ君かな
| okuyama no maki no Fa sinogi Furu yuki no itu toku besi to mienu kimi kana |
In the mountains’ heart are Pine needles weighed down By fallen snow which Will never melt, Or so it seems; nor yet will you. |
Minamoto no Yoritsuna (d. 1097)
Moon.
すみのぼるほどをば待たじ奧山の槇の葉しのぎいづる月影
| suminoboru hodo o ba mataji okuyama no maki no ha shinogi izuru tsukikage |
Until ’tis clearly risen It has not waited, but In the mountains’ heart Pine needles weighs down and Pushes through: moonlight. |
日にそへて茂りぞ増る青つゞらくる人もなき眞木の板戸に
| hi ni soete shigeri zo masaru ao tsuzura kuru hito mo naki maki no itado ni |
As the days go by In fine profusion grows the Moonseed; No on comes To my fine wooden door… |
Composed on mamaki no yatate (a wood and bamboo arrow stand).
三倉山真木の屋立ててすむたみ年をつむともくちじとぞ思ふ
| mikurayama maki no ya tatete sumu tami Fa tosi wo tumu tomo kutizi to zo omoFu |
On Mount Mikura A house of cedar wood stands; The folk living there, Will pass through an mound of years, yet Not die, I feel. |
Minamoto no Toshiyori
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