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Kei’un Hyakushu 44

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…

思ひやれ眞木のとぼそをおしあけて獨眺むる秋の夕暮

omoiyare
maki no toboso o
oshiakete
hitori nagamuru
aki no yūgure

Imagine it!
A cedar-door
Pushed open upon
The solitary sight
Of an autumn evening.

さみだれに宮木も今やくだすらん眞木立つ峰にかゝるむら雲

samidare ni
miyagi mo ima ya
kudasuran
maki tatu mine ni
kakaru muragumo

With these summer showers,
Now through the royal timber grounds
Do the waters tumble, I wonder;
The evergreen covered peaks,
Wreathed with cloud.

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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