Storms 嵐
くるひともなきあしのやの柴の戸はみねの嵐にまかせてぞみる
| kuru hito mo naki ashi no ya no shiba no to wa mine no arashi ni makasete zo miru | No folk come visiting My reed-roofed hut; The brushwood door To the storm winds from the peak Looks to be abandoned. |
Nakazane
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Eikyū hyakushu 261
The Moon at Dawn 暁月
いくとせを過しきぬらん秋の夜のあり明の月を我が友にして
| iku tose o sugushikinuran aki no yo no ariake no tsuki o wa ga tomo ni shite | How many are the years that I have seemed to spend this way? Autumn nights At dawn with the moon My only companion… |
Nakazane
Eikyū hyakushu 254
Autumn Nights 秋夜
まろねする長月の夜の久しさは鴫なきぬとてたのまれもせず
| maronesuru nagatsuki no yo no hisashisa wa shigi nakinu tote tanomare mo sezu | Tossing in fitful sleep, A night in the Longest Month Does last forever: A snipe cried out, I thought, Quite unexpectedly. |
Nakazane
Eikyū hyakushu 240
The Night of the 15th of the Eighth Month (八月十五夜)
すみのぼる光のきよき秋しまれしなへうらぶれ月をみるかな
| suminoboru hikari no kiyoki aki shimare shinae urabure tsuki o miru kana | Clearly climbing, Its light, so pure, With autumn’s close Drooping sadly Does the moon appear. |
Nakazane
Eikyū hyakushu 233
The Morning after Tanabata (七夕後朝)
ひこぼしのいはまくらしてさぬるよりきりたちこめよ明けばあくとも
| hikoboshi no iwamakurashite sanuru yori kiri tachikomeyo akeba aku tomo | Around the Herd Boy, Pillowed on the rocky shore in Fitful sleep, Crowd, o, mists! For with the dawn, I should have had my fill, yet… |
Nakazane
Eikyū hyakushu 226
Autumn Winds 秋風
おもへどもうきことしげき秋風は身にしむばかりかなしかりけり
| omoedomo uki koto shigeki akikaze wa mi ni shimu bakari kanashikarikeri | In my thoughts I dwell, yet with a Lush crop of cruelty does The autumn wind Pierce my breast, bringing simply Sadness. |
Nakazane
Eikyū hyakushu 212
Lingering Heat (残暑)
秋たちしその世の空はすずしくてなほ六月のけしきなるかな
| aki tachishi sono yo no sora wa suzushikute nao minazuki no keshiki naru kana | Autumn is arrived, and In these days the skies Are cool, Yet, the Waterless Month Still sets the scene! |
Nakazane
Eikyū hyakushu 205
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
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