Water Rails (鼃)
もしもやと思ひながらにこたふればくせと水鶏の人はかるらん
| moshi mo ya to omoi nagara ni kotaureba kuse to kuina no hito wa karuran | ‘Just maybe, perhaps…’ Was I wondering, When her reply was as A water rail, ever in the stony shallows, Lacking, indeed! |
Nakazane
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Eikyū hyakushu 184
Cormorant Fishing on the River(鵜河)
おちくだるう舟のかがりあかければ夜川のそこもすみまさりけり
| ochikudaru ubune no kagari akakereba yogawa no soko mo sumi masarikeri | Dropping down The cormorant boats’ torchlight Is so bright Even the night-time riverbed Is crystal clear. |
Nakazane
Eikyū hyakushu 177
Summer Insects (夏虫)
いかにしてもゆる中にも入りぬらんおもひに身をもかふるむしかな
| ika ni shite moyuru uchi ni mo irinuran omoi ni mi o mo kauru mushi kana | What am I to do? While ‘tis burning still Should I plunge within? To fires of passion my body Transform as insects do! |
Nakazane
Eikyū hyakushu 170
Avoiding Heat (避暑)
おほはらやおぼろの水に行きふれば夏はをちなる物にぞ有りける
| ōhara ya oboro no mizu ni yukifureba natsu wa ochinaru mono ni zo arikeru | When at Ōhara Misty waters Brush me by Summer is a distant Thing, indeed! |
Nakazane
Eikyū hyakushu 163
Shade beneaththe Trees (樹陰)
夏の日もやすのかはらの柳かげ吹きこす風は下ぞすずしき
| natsu no hi mo yasu no kawara no yanagikage fukikosu kaze wa shita zo susushiki | The summer sun, too, upon The riverbanks in Heaven casts The willows’ shade; Blowing across the breeze Beneath is cool, indeed. |
Nakazane
Eikyū hyakushu 149
Pinks (瞿麦)
床なつのこれにしく花なかりけりまがきにさける山となでしこ
| tokonatsu no kore ni shiku hana nakarikeri magaki ni sakeru yamato nadeshiko | Upon a bed in summer This flower spread Is not – By the lattice fence has bloomed A perfect pink… |
Nakazane
An allusive variation on Genji monogatari 15.
Eikyū hyakushu 142
Summer Grasses (夏草)
くだら野のちがやが下のひめゆりのね所人にしられぬぞうき
| kudarano no chigaya ga shita no himeyuri no nedokoro hito ni shirarenu zo uki | On Kudara meadow, Beneath the cogon grass, is where A scarlet lily Makes her bed – that no one Is aware is sad, indeed! |
Nakazane
Eikyū hyakushu 114
Lingering Warblers (残鶯)
つれづれと何につけてかなぐさまむ百さへづりの鳥なかりせば
| tsurezure to nani ni tsukete ka nagusamamu momosaezuri no tori nakariseba | In idleness With what Might I console myself? For all the twittering Birds are gone… |
Nakazane
Eikyū hyakushu 107
Pheasants (雉)
みかりするかた野のみのを今朝みればひとつ松ねに雉鳴くなり
| mikarisuru katano no mino o kesa mireba hitotsu matsu ne ni kigisu nakunari | When upon the imperial hunting grounds Of Katano plain I gaze this morn, From a single pine root A pheasant is a’crying. |
Nakazane
Eikyū hyakushu 100
Azaleas (躑躅)
紅のふりでの色のをかつつじいもがま袖にあやまたれける
| kurenai no furide no iro no okatsutsuji imo ga masode ni aya matarekeru | Scarlet safflower Hues stain The azaleas on the hillside; My beloved’s fair sleeves Await their pattern. |
Nakazane