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Monkeys 猿

さらぬだにおいては物のかなしきに夕のましら声なきかせそ

saranu dani
oite wa mono no
kanashiki ni
yū no mashira
koe na kikase so

Not even leaving—
Sunk in
Sadness
O, monkeys, this evening
Let me not hear your cries!

Daishin

Monkeys 猿

あさまだきならのかれ葉をそよそよと外山をいでてましら鳴くなり

asa madaki
nara no kareba o
soyosoyo to
toyama o idete
mashira nakunari

‘Tis not yet morn, but
The withered oak leaves
Rustle, as
To the distant mountains go
The monkeys hooting.

Akinaka

Composed on the topic of monkeys howling from the mountain passes on a day when the Cloistered Emperor had gone to the Western River.

わびしらにましらな鳴きそ足引きの山のかひある今日にやはあらぬ

wabisira ni
masira na naki so
asiFiki no
yama no kaFi aru
keFu ni ya wa aranu

So sadly,
O Monkeys, howl not!
Leg-wearying
The mountain valleys are, yet
Today, there is no point!

Mitsune