Left
きみをわれおきてしゆけばあさつゆのきえかへりてもあはむとぞおもふ
kimi o ware
okiteshi yukeba
asatsuyu no
kiekaerite mo
awamu to zo omou | With you, my love, I
Having risen and departed
With the morning dew,
Vanishing away, only
To meet once more, I feel. |
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Right
あさぼらけあかぬわかれをわびつつもゆふぐれをこそなぐさめにすれ
asaborake
akanu wakare o
wabitsutsu mo
yūgure o koso
nagusame ni sure | At the pale edge of dawn,
Unsatisfied, parting
Leaves me ever desolate—
The evening is sure to be
My consolation! |
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Love and Pinks.
なでしこの花におきゐる朝露の玉さかにだに心へだつな
nadeshiko no
hana ni oki’iru
asatsuyu no
tamasaka ni dani
kokoro hedatsu na | Upon the pink
In bloom has fallen
Morning dew;
Though we meet but rarely,
O, don’t wall off your heart from me! |
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Presented to the Ōmi Concubine.
はかなくもあけにけるかな朝露のおきてののちぞきえまさりける
hakanaku mo
akenikeru kana
asatsuyu no
okite no nochi zo
kiemasarikeru | How swiftly
Dawn has broken!
The morning dew
Arises, then
Vanishes so skillfully—as do you! |
A composition by the Engi Emperor [Daigo]
Created with Soan.
Composed on the conception of seeing blossom every morning.
たづねきてたをるさくらの朝露に花のたもとのぬれぬ日ぞなき
tadunekite
taworu sakura no
asatuyu ni
Fana no tamoto no
nurenu Fi zo naki | I pay a visit and
Pluck, with my hand, a stem of cherry blossom;
The morning dew
My springtime sleeves
Dampens every single day! |
The Naka-no-in Minister of the Right
Created with Soan.
Old Folk 老人
朝露をひさしき物とおもふ世にほとけの兄にいかでなりけん
asatsuyu o
hisashiki mono to
omou yo ni
hotoke no ani ni
ikade nariken | My morning dew is
A thing of times long gone
I feel, but in this world
The Buddha’s four-score years and one
How might I attain? |
Nakazane
Topic unknown.
唐衣たつ日はきかじ朝露のおきてしゆけはけぬへきものを
karagoromo
tatu Fi Fa kikazi
asatuyu no
okitesi yuke Fa
kenubeki mono wo |
A Cathay robe
Sewn – that you leave today I had not heard, so
As the morning dew
Falls and is gone
Shall I vanish, too… |
Anonymous
朝露のおくての稲は稲妻を恋ふと濡れてや乾かざるらむ
asatuyu no
okute no ine Fa
inaduma wo
koFu to nurete ya
kawakazaruramu |
Morning dew
Falls upon the sprouting rice;
Is it the lightning’s
Love that wets it, so
It does never seem to dry? |
朝顔の朝露置きて咲くと言へど夕顔にこそ匂ひましけれ
asagao no
asatsuyu okite
saku to iedo
yūgao ni koso
nioimashikere |
Upon the morning glory
Drops the morning dew;
It blooms, they say, yet
It is the moonflower
I would rather scent… |
'Simply moving and elegant'
