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
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
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
Kindling 薪
こりつみしほだなかりせば冬ふかきかた山ほらにいかですままし
koritsumishi
hoda nakariseba
fuyu fukaki
katayama hora ni
ikade sumamashi | Felled
Fields were there none, then
Why, in the depths of winter
In a mountain cave
Would any wish to dwell? |
Tadafusa
Composed on returning from an ascent of Mount Hiei.
山たかみ見つつわが来しさくら花風は心にまかすべらなり
yama takami
mitutu wa ga kosi
sakurabana
kaze Fa kokoro ni
makasuberanari | On the mountain’s heights,
Did I ever see, when homeward bound,
Cherry blossoms, where
Now the wind will
Do as it wants! |
Tsurayuki
When he was instructed by His Majesty to compose a poem, he composed this and presented it.
桜花さきにけらしもあしひきの山の峡よりみゆる白雲
sakurabana
sakinikerashi mo
asiFiki no
yama no kaFi yori
miyuru sirakumo | The cherry blossom
Seems to have bloomed, and from
The leg-wearying
Mountain passes
Appears white billowing clouds. |
Tsurayuki
あしひきの山下とよみ行く水の時ともなくも恋ひわたるかも
asipiki no
yamasita toyomi
yuku midu no
toki tomokaku mo
kopiwataru kamo | Leg-wearying,
The mountain’s foot resounds with
Rushing waters
Endlessly –
As flows my love for you! |
Anonymous
A poem presented to Prince Osakabe, composed on viewing the image of a sage.
とこしへに夏冬行けや裘扇放たぬ山に住む人
tokosipe ni
natu puyu yuke ya
kapagoromo
apugi patanu
yama ni sumu pito |
Not eternally,
As summer and winter’s passage, yet
His coat of fur, and
Fan, never will he release
This mountain-dwelling man… |
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Collection
柿本人麻呂歌集
Composed on paddy fields.
足引の山田作る子秀でずとも縄だに延へよ守ると知るがね
asipiki no
yamada tukuru ko
pidezu tomo
napa dani paeyo
mori to siru gane |
The leg-straining
Moutain paddies’ offspring
Have yet to show, but
At least string ropes there, so
All know they are warded! |
鹿背の山木立を茂み朝さらず来鳴き響もす鴬の声
kase no yama
kodati wo sigemi
asa sarazu
kinaki toyomosu
ugupisu no kowe |
On Kase Mountain
The groves are so lush that
Unable to wait for morning
Comes the echo of
The warbler’s song! |
Tanabe no Sakimaro Collection
田辺福麻呂歌集
'Simply moving and elegant'