At a mountain hut
山ふかみ秋かぜ吹かぬねざめだに月にはみつる床の涙を
| yama fukami akikaze fukanu nezame dani tsuki ni wa mitsuru toko no namida o | Deep within the mountains When the autumn wind fails to blow, Even waking then The moon fills The teardrops on my pillow… |
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Tag Archives: mountains
Shunzei-kyō no musume-shū 19
Fifty Poems on the Moon and Blossom
Blossom on the mountains blooming unevenly.
おしなべて風こそかをれ春の山咲く桜あればさかぬ梢も
| oshinabete kaze koso kaore haru no yama saku sakura areba sakanu kozue mo | Each and every Breeze is truly scented! The mountains in spring Have blossoming cherries, but Bloomless treetops, too…[i] |
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[i] See: Spring いづくより花のにほひをさそひきてさかぬ梢も風かをるらむ izuku yori / hana no nioi o / sasoikite / sakanu kozue mo / kaze kaoruramu ‘From somewhere / The scent of blossom / Invites; / The bloomless treetops, too, / Have a fragrant breeze.’ The Third Prince [Imperial Prince Kore’akira 惟明親王] (Shōji shodo hyakushu 113)
Sankashū I: 24
Sankashū I: 11
GYS I: 91
SCSS II: 93
In the spring of Kenryaku 2 [1212] when there had been a match of Cathay-style poetry at the palace, he composed this on the topic of ‘a spring dawn at a dwelling in the mountains’.
月かげのこずゑにのこる山のはに花もかすめるはるのあけぼの
| tsukikage no kozue ni nokoru yama no ha ni hana mo kasumeru haru no akebono | The moonlight Lingers ‘pon the treetops On the mountains’ edge; The blossoms are all hazy At the dawn in sprintime. |
The Rokujō Lay Priest and Former Chancellor
[Fujiwara no Yorizane 藤原頼実 (1155-1225)]
Nijō taikōtaigōgū no daini-shū 7
Sankashū I: 2
FGS I: 39
SHSZS I: 26
On the conception of Lingering Cold – Second Month.
みよし野はなほ山さむしきさらぎの空も雪げの残る嵐に
| miyoshino wa nao yama samushi kisaragi no sora mo yukige no nokoru arashi ni | Fair Yoshino’s Mountains still are chill; The Second Month’s Skies, too, have a hint of snow, While the wild wind lingers. |
His Majesty, Former Emperor Go-nijō