The Seventh Night 七夜
たけならぬ二葉の松のおひ初めてこよひ七夜になりにけるかな
| take naranu futaba no matsu no oisomete koyoi nanayo ni narinikeru kana | A tiny New-leafed pine Begins to age From this seventh night that It has reached! |
Tadafusa
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Eikyū hyakushu 576
Katsura 桂
あまの原いつ時雨れして秋の夜の月のかつらもあかくなるらん
| ama no hara itsu shigureshite aki no yo no tsuki no katsura mo akakunaruran | Upon the plain of Heaven When will drizzle fall? For On an autumn night The silver trees upon the moon Do seem to shine more bright! |
Akinaka
Eikyū hyakushu 542
Ponds 池
冬さむみにほ鳥すだく原の池も世にむすぼるる氷りしにけり
| fuyu samumi niodori sudaku hara no ike mo yo ni musubōruru kōrishinikeri | In the winter’s chill Even the waterfowl cluttered Ponds upon the plain Have grown thick at night With frozen ice. |
Nakazane
Eikyū hyakushu 527
Groves 原
谷おろしの風しやみねばよとともにおきつがはらにくぬぎ波だつ
| tani’oroshi no kaze shi yamineba yo to tomo ni okitsu ga hara ni kunugi namidatsu | From down the valley The breeze has ceased, so now With the fall of night Across plain at Okitsu Waves run through the chestnut oaks. |
Akinaka
Eikyū hyakushu 474
Love on Waking from Sleep 寝覚恋
わすれずと人やは夜におどろかす何とてしつるねざめなるらん
| wasurezu to hito ya wa yoru ni odorokasu nani tote shitsuru nezame naruran | I’ll not forget you – Did she say that in the night? But how surprising Was how her words pained me On waking… |
Tadafusa
Eikyū hyakushu 435
Love Interrupted by a Single Night 隔一夜恋
くれ竹の一夜ばかりをへだつればおきふしやすきいやはねらるる
| kuretake no hito yo bakari o hedatsureba okifushi ya suki iya haneraruru | A bamboo stalk – Just the span of a single night Does stand between us, so Is lying in my bed a joy? No – I rejected it completely! |
Daishin
Eikyū hyakushu 434
Love Interrupted by a Single Night 隔一夜恋
たちまちにかはりしもせじから衣一夜ばかりに袖のぬるらん
| tachimachi ni kawarishi mo seji karakoromo hito yo bakari ni sode no nururan | A sudden Change will there be not – My Cathay robe For just this single night Will surely have soaked sleeves. |
Higo
Eikyū hyakushu 433
Love Interrupted by a Single Night 隔一夜恋
白波にゆらされてくるより竹の一夜もねねば恋しかりけり
| shiranami ni yurasarete kuru yoritake no hito yo mo neneba koishikarikeri | The whitecaps Toss to shore Bamboo flotsam; For even the span of a single night, I will not sleep For I love her so. |
Kanemasa
Eikyū hyakushu 432
Love Interrupted by a Single Night 隔一夜恋
あはでぬる一夜ばかりをへだつるになどよるごとにねのなかるらん
| awade nuru hito yo bakari o hedatsuru ni nado yoru goto ni ne no nakaruran | Sleeping without meeting, for Just this single night Between, Why is it then that every night Sleepless do I seem to be? |
Tadafusa
Eikyū hyakushu 399
Mandarin Ducks 鴛鴦
夜とともにおもふことなきをし鳥やかげとならびの池にすむらん
| yo to tomo ni omou koto naki oshidori ya kage to narabi no ike ni sumuran | With night’s fall Heedlessly Does the mandarin Together with his reflection Seek to dwell upon the pond? |
Daishin