Coming of Age 元服
むらさきのはつもとゆひをむすぶより君がくらゐの山をしぞ思ふ
| murasaki no hatsu motoyui o musubu yori kimi ga kurai no yama o shi zo omou | With violet was Your first topknot Tied – since then My Lord, your status Reminds me of a mountain’s lofty heights. |
Higo
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Eikyū hyakushu 581
Katsura 桂
神山のかつらを折るは月のうちに我がおもふことならざらめやは
| kamiyama no katsura o oru wa tsuki no uchi ni wa ga omou koto narazarame ya wa | On a mountain where deities dwell, I break a katsura branch – though Upon the moon The object of my thoughts Does not seem to be? |
Higo
Eikyū hyakushu 573
Sakaki 榊
伊駒山手向はこれか木のもとに岩蔵うちて榊たてたり
| ikoma yama tamuke wa kore ka ko no moto ni iwakura uchite sakaki tatetari | Upon Ikoma Mountain Is this to be the offering? Around the tree roots Where the gods do dwell Stands sacred sakaki. |
Kanemasa
Eikyū hyakushu 565
Shrines 社
神がきやみむろの山の木がくれにも見えまがはぬはあけの玉がき
| kamigaki ya mimuro no yama no kogakure ni mo miemagawanu wa ake no tamagaki | O, sacred wall! Upon Mimuro Mountain, Even hidden amongst the trees, Unmistakable is The holy scarlet fence! |
Tadafusa
Eikyū hyakushu 539
Waterfalls 滝
山たかみおちくる滝のしらいとをむすぶしづくに玉ぞこぼるる
| yama takami ochikuru taki no shira’ito o musubu shizuku ni tama zo koboruru | From the mountain’s heights Comes tumbling a cataract of White threads, Twined from droplets, Their gemlets overflowing. |
Higo
Eikyū hyakushu 538
Waterfalls 滝
名にたてぬみ山がくれの滝なれどながれはさとの人にしられぬ
| na ni tatenu miyamagakure no taki naredo nagare wa sato no hito ni shirarenu | No name adorns These hidden mountain Falls, yet Of their flow are the estate’s Folk all unknowing… |
Kanemasa
Eikyū hyakushu 510
Hotsprings 出
わたつ海ははるけきものをいかにしてありまの山にしほゆいづらん
| wata tsu umi wa harukeki mono o ika ni shite arima no yama ni shioyu izuran | The broad sea sweep Lies far away, so Why is it that On Arima Mountain A salty hotspring should bubble forth? |
Kanemasa
Eikyū hyakushu 509
Hotsprings 出湯
なげきのみありまの山にいづるゆのからくてよにもふる我が身かな
| nageki nomi arima no yama ni izuru yu no karakute yo ni mo furu wa ga mi kana | Simply sad on Arima Mountain; In the bubbling hotspring At last, grown Old have I! |
Tadafusa
Eikyū hyakushu 492
Clouds 雲
たかまどの山に八重たつしら雲はそらにたなびく心ちこそすれ
| takamado no yama ni yae tatsu shirakumo wa sora ni tanabiku kokochi koso sure | Above Takamato Mountain, eightfold rise The clouds so white: Trailing across the skies Is how I feel I am! |
Akinaka
Eikyū hyakushu 394
Mandarin Ducks 鴛鴦
夜をさむみ岩波たかき山川につがはぬをしのすだくなるかな
| yo o samumi iwanami takaki yamakawa ni tsugawanu oshi no sudakunaru kana | On chilly nights, when Waves break upon the boulders In the mountain rivers, The unmated mandarins do Gather and cry out! |
Nakazane