Monkeys 猿
あしびきの山べにあそぶ木の葉ざるおもふ心ぞありて鳴くなる
ashibiki no
yamabe ni asobu
ko no ha zaru
omou kokoro zo
arite nakunaru | On the leg-wearying
Mountain slopes play
Monkeys among the leaves—
Human feelings do
They have, and so they cry. |
Higo
Monkeys 猿
ゆふづくひさすや嵐の山もとに物わびしらにさるさけぶなり
yūzuku hi
sasu ya arashi no
yamamoto ni
monowabishira ni
saru sakebunari | The twilight sun
Shines around Arashi
Mountain’s foot where
So sorrowfully
The monkeys howl. |
Nakazane
Sages’ Dwellings 仙宮
我もいざたづね入りなんをののえのくちけん山の跡をしのびて
ware mo iza
tazune’iri nan
ono no e no
kuchiken yama no
ato o shinobite | I, too, somehow
Seem to have paid a visit there!
Of an axe handle
Rotting on a mountain
I have remnants of recollection. |
Higo
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
'Simply moving and elegant'