Singing Girls 妓女
をとめ子がもすそにあまるくろかみのなびけくをみるぞいふかたもなき
otomego ga
mosuso ni amaru
kurokami no
nabikeku o miru zo
iu kata mo naki | The maidens’
Skirt hems swept by
Raven tresses
Trailing – the sight does
Leave me wordless… |
Akinaka
Waterweed 萍
ふる河のとだえをわたるたび人のもすそにあをくつける萍
furukawa no
todae o wataru
tabibito no
mosuso ni aoku
tsukeru ukikusa | An ancient river’s
Broken bridge a’crossing goes
A traveller,
Her skirt-hem greenly
Gripped by waterweed… |
Kanemasa
'Simply moving and elegant'