Imperial Visits to the Fields
空とらぬたかもあらじな御かり野に雲の上人あはずとおもへば
sora toranu
taka mo araji na
mikarino ni
kumo no uebito
awazu to omoeba | Not hunting in the skies –
Such a hawk there is not!
In the imperial hunting grounds
The folk from above the clouds
Will never encounter one, I feel… |
Tadafusa
Imperial Visits to the Fields
あかねさすみかりの小野にたつきぎす空とるたかにあはせつるかな
akane sasu
mikari no ono ni
tatsu kigisu
sora toru taka ni
awasetsuru kana | Shining madder red,
From the imperial hunting grounds
Pheasants take flight;
Hawks hunting in the skies
Are they sure to meet! |
Minamoto no Nakazane
源仲実
Imperial Visits to the Fields
御かりのの草の尾花のなびくまでは風はげしきましろへのたか
mikarino no
kusa no obana no
nabiku made
hakaze hageshiki
mashiroe no taka | In the imperal hunting grounds
The fronds of silver grass
Are blown down
By the savage gusts
From white speckled hawks! |
Minamoto no Akinaka
源顕仲
'Simply moving and elegant'