山の端のささら愛壯士天の原門渡る光見らくしよしも
yama nö pa nö
sasarae wotoko
ama nö para
towataru pikari
miraku si yösi mo |
At the mountain’s edge
A darling boy:
The field of heaven
He wades across, his light
A pleasant sight. |
Concerning the above poem, it is said that another name for the moon is ‘darling boy’; she composed the poem based on these words.
ぬばたまの夜霧の立ちておほほしく照れる月夜の見れば悲しさ
nubatama nö
yogïri nö tatite
opoposiku
tereru tukï yo nö
mireba kanasisa |
Lily seed dark
The night mist rises
Blurring
The moonlit night;
How sad the sight. |
Three poems on the moon by Lady Ōtomo of Sakanoue.
狩高の高圓山を高みかも出で來る月の遲く照るらむ
karitaka nö
takamatoyama wo
takami ka mo
idekuru tukï nö
osöku teruramu |
In Karitaka
Mount Takamato
Reaches such heights
The emerging moon
Shines late, I feel. |
'Simply moving and elegant'