The Seventh Night 七夜
君まして今夜七よになりぬればこれよりちよをかぞふべきかな
| kimi mashite koyoi nanayo ni narinureba kore yori chiyo o kazoubeki kana | Truly, have you This night your seventh night Reached, so Henceforth a thousand generations Must I count for you! |
Nakazane
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Eikyū hyakushu 605
Felicitations 賀
うれしさを袖につつみて過ぎきにきいまは何かは身にもあまらん
| ureshisa o sode ni tsutsumite sugiki ni ki ima wa nanika wa mi ni mo amaran | My joy was Wrapped within my sleeves, but Has exceeded them long since – Now, is there anything That could be any greater? |
Nakazane
Eikyū hyakushu 598
Coming of Age 元服
こよひゆふはつもとゆひのむらさきのま袖の色にはやもなりなん
| koyoi yuu hatsu motoyui no murasaki no masode no iro ni haya mo narinan | This eve is tied Your first topknot With violet Hues I would your fair sleeve Swiftly, too, be coloured! |
Nakazane
Eikyū hyakushu 591
Waterweed 萍
水の上によるべさだめぬうき草のよそへられぬる我が身なりけり
| mizu no ue ni yorube sadamenu ukikusa no yosoerarenuru wa ga mi narikeri | Upon the water, With no hope of haven, A waterweed is How I imagine Myself to be. |
Nakazane
Eikyū hyakushu 584
Dwarf Bamboo 小篠
ふむ人もなき庭に生ふる玉ざさのこたふばかりにふるあられかな
| fumu hito mo naki niwa ni ouru tamazasa no kotau bakari ni arare kana | No folks’ feet tread Upon these grounds where grows Bejewelled dwarf bamboo – and In response comes only Hailstones! |
Nakazane
Eikyū hyakushu 577
Katsura 桂
我が身には吹くべき風も吹きこねばかつらの枝もをらずぞ有りける
| wa ga mi ni wa fukubeki kaze mo fukikoneba katsura no eda mo orazu zo arikeru | Upon my flesh I expect the touch of wind, but Not a gust does come, so The katsura branches, too, Have remained unbroken. |
Nakazane
Eikyū hyakushu 570
Sakaki 榊
しもおけど色もかはらぬさかきばは君がちとせのかざしなりけり
| shimo okedo iro mo kawaranu sakakiba wa kimi ga chitose no kazashi narikeri | Frost falls, yet Unchanged are the hues of Leaves upon the sacred tree: For my Lord a thousand years of Decoration will they be! |
Nakazane
Eikyū hyakushu 563
Shrines 社
ちはやふるいづものもりにみわすゑてねぎぞかけつる杠葉ちらすな
| chihayafuru izumo no mori ni miwa suete negi zo kaketsuru momiji chirasu na | Mighty, The holy grove of Izumo, where Preparing sacred wine The priests make ready – O, scatter not, scarlet leaves! |
Nakazane
Eikyū hyakushu 556
Temples 寺
つくづくとすぎもゆくかな山寺にいりあひのかねの声ばかりして
| tsukuzuku to sugi mo yuku kana yamadera ni iriai no kane no koe bakari shite | How fervently They proceed along To the mountain temple At the sunset bell’s First toll! |
Nakazane
Eikyū hyakushu 549
Ancient Estates 故郷
さしながらまだをののえはくちなくにまがきもねやもあらぬ里かな
| sashinagara mada ono no e wa kuchinaku ni magaki mo neya mo aranu sato kana | Not entirely Yet has my axe handle Rotted, but No fence or bedchamber Has this estate! |
Nakazane