New Year’s Day
冬の夜を旅の空にてあかしてや都に春の今朝は来るらむ
fuyu no yo o
tabi no sora nite
akashite ya
miyako ni haru no
kesa wa kururamu | A winter’s night
Spent under the skies a’travelling;
With breaking dawn
To the capital has spring
Come this morning, I wonder? |
Kanemasa
Falling Leaves
あふさかのかけひの水にながるるは音羽の山のもみぢなりけり
ausaka no
kakehi no mizu ni
nagaruru wa
otowa no yama no
momiji narikeri | At Meeting Hill
The waters from the pipes
Do run
With Otowa Mountain’s
Scarlet leaves. |
Minamoto no Kanemasa
源兼昌
Ivy
そなれ松枝に錦のかかれるは木づたふ蔦の紅葉なりけり
sonarematsu
eda ni nishiki no
kakareru wa
kozudau tsuta no
momiji narikeri | Twisted pines upon the shore
Have branches with brocade
All draped
Trailing from tree to tree, the ivy
Has turned scarlet. |
Minamoto no Kanemasa
源兼昌
Left (Win).
我が恋は片裏染めの唐衣かへして寝るや色に見ゆるらむ
wa ga koFi Fa
kata’urazome no
karakoromo
kaFesite nuru ya
iro ni miyurururamu |
For my love
An inner-dyed
Cathay robe
I will reverse – in sleep, then,
I wonder will I see passion’s hues? |
Shichirō 七郎
[Minamoto no Ie’yori 源家職]
31
Right.
寝ぬままに月を眺めて明かすかな闇には恋もなぐさかじかし
nenu mama ni
tuki wo nagamete
akasu kana
yami ni Fa koFi mo
nagusamazikasi |
While sleepless
I gaze upon the moon
‘til dawn!
For in the darkness my love
Would gain no consolation! |
Saburō 三郎
[Minamoto no Kanemasa 源兼昌]
32
Love on Sight
競ひつる尾斑の駒の待つ立ちてかつ見る人も恋しかりけり
kioFituru
obuti no koma no
matu tatite
katu miru hito mo
koFisikarikeri |
The racing
Motley mounts
Await and depart;
Someone seen but once before
Is dear, indeed! |
Minamoto no Kanemasa
源兼昌
Hidden Love
しのぶともかかる涙にからころもあらはれぬべき心地こそすれ
shinobutomo
kakaru namida ni
karakoromo
arawarenubeki
kokochi koso sure | I hide them, yet
Dripping tears upon
My Cathay robe
Surely have appeared,
Or so I feel! |
Minamoto no Kanemasa
源兼昌
Blankets
ねやのうへにあられたばしる夜半なれどいもとふすまはさえずぞ有りける
neya no ue ni
arare tabashiru
yowa naredo
imo to fusuma wa
saezu zo arikeru | Upon my bedroom
Hail scatters
Late this night, yet
Beneath the covers with my darling
There is no chill, at all! |
Minamoto no Kanemasa
源兼昌
Brushwood
時雨つつふく山かぜに椎しばの枝はなびけど色はかはらず
shiguretsutsu
fuku yama kaze ni
shiishiba no
eda wa nabikedo
iro wa kawarazu | Showers mixed with
Gusting mountain winds
The brushwood
Branches bend down yet
They show no change of hue. |
Minamoto no Kanemasa
源兼昌
Imperial Visits to the Fields
あはせつるましろのたかも心あらば神こしちかくて空にとらなん
awasetsuru
mashiro no taka mo
kokoro araba
mikoshi chikakute
sora ni toranan | I have encountered
A snow-white hawk, that
Had he but sense
The nearby imperial palanquin
Would take into the skies! |
Minamoto no Kanemasa
源兼昌
Sleet
夕ぐれのみぞれにしみやとけぬらんたるひづたひにしづく落つなり
yūgure no
mizore ni shimi ya
tokenuran
taruhi zutai ni
shizuku otsunari | Is it that the evening
Sleet is sharp and
Seems unmelting?
Harbingers of icicles
In the falling droplets… |
Minamoto no Kanemasa
源兼昌
'Simply moving and elegant'