Left (Win).
夜とともに玉散る床の菅枕見せばや人に夜半の景色を
yo to tomo ni
tama tiru toko no
sugamakura
miseba ya Fito ni
yowa no kesiki wo |
Together with the night
Gemlets scatter on my bed’s
Sedge-filled pillow;
Should I show her
This midnight sight? |
The Master 大夫
[Minamoto no Toshiyori 源俊頼]
27
Right.
波のよる岩根に立てる磯馴れ松また寝もいらで恋ひあかしつる
nami no yoru
iFane ni tateru
sonare matu
mata ne mo irade
koFi akasituru |
The waves roll in
To the cliffs where stands
A hardy pine upon the rocks;
Once more sleepless
From love do I greet the dawn. |
The Assistant Master 佐
[Fujiwara no Mototoshi 藤原基俊]
28
Left (Win).
思ひあまりながむる空の掻き曇り月さへ我を厭ひつるかな
omoFi’amari
nagamuru sora no
kakikumori
tuki saFe ware wo
itoFituru kana |
Filled full with love
The sky on which I turn my gaze
Is drowned in darkness;
Even the moon from me
Does shy! |
The Consultant Middle Captain 宰相中将
[Minamoto no Kuninobu 源国信]
25
Right.
嵐吹く夜寒の里の寝覚めにはいとど人こそ恋ひしかりけれ
arasi Fuku
yo samu no sato no
nezame ni Fa
itodo Fito koso
koFisikarikere |
Stom winds rage
Round my night-chilled home;
Starting from sleep
How much more do
I love her now… |
The Minister of Justice 刑部卿
[Minamoto no Akinaka 源顕仲]
26
[One of] ten poems on love.
さりと夜とほのかに人を見つれども覚えぬ夢の心地こそすれ
sari to yo to
honka ni hito o
mitsuredomo
oboenu yume no
kokochi koso sure |
So it was that with the night
Briefly did
I see her, yet
As a dream I cannot recall
Do I feel it was… |
Saigyō
西行
我見ても類覚えぬ月の夜はふりぬる人ぞ待つ問はれける
ware mitemo
tagui oboenu
tsuki no yo wa
furinuru hito zo
matsu towarekeru |
I see it yet,
I cannot recall its like;
On a moonlit night
I have grown old
Awaiting your coming! |
Minamoto no Yorimasa
源頼政
On sad thoughts.
石上布留の高橋高々に妹が待つらむ夜ぞ更けにける
isonokami
puru no takapasi
takadaka ni
imo ga maturamu
yo zo pukenikeru |
As in Isokami
The high bridge at Furu
Stands tall, on tiptoes
I wonder does my darling await me
As the night wears on? |
東雲の明けざりしかは夜もすがら真木の戸よりは立ち返へりにし
sinonome no
akezarisikaba
yomosugara
maki no to yori Fa
tatikaFerinisi |
If only the eastern skies
Had not lightened, then
After the long night
From this door of cedarwood
I would not have departed… |
Minamoto no Sane’akira
源信明
A poem from the Empress’ Poetry Competition held in the Kanpyō period.
住の江の岸による浪夜さへや夢の通ひ路人目よくらむ
suminoe no
kisi ni yoru nami
yoru saFe ya
yume no kayoFidi
Fitome yokuramu |
As to Suminoe’s
Shore rush the waves
Why every night
Upon the path of dreams
Do I hide from other’s eyes? |
Fujiwara no Toshiyuki
藤原敏行
Topic unknown.
人知れぬ泪に袖は朽ちにけり逢ふ夜もあらば何に包まむ
Fito sirenu
namida ni sode Fa
kutinikeri
aFu yo mo araba
nani ni tutumamu |
Unknown to all
Tears my sleeves
Have rotteed;
Should the night come we meet
With what should I wrap myself? |
Anonymous
小夜更けて今ぞ法の師出でぬらむ 雲の上人名乗りすらしも
sayo fukete
ima zo nori no shi
idenuramu
kumo no uebito
nanori surashi mo |
The brief night breaks, and
Now, the recitation
Does seem to emerge;
Folk from above the clouds
Presenting their own names… |
Minamoto no Kanemasa
源兼昌
閨の上に霰迸る夜半なれど妹と衾は－冴えずぞありける
neya no ue ni
arare tabashiru
yowa naredo
imo to fusuma wa
saezu zo arikeru |
Upon my bedroom
Hail scatters
Late this night, yet
Beneath the covers with my darling
There is no chill, at all! |
Minamoto no Kanemasa
源兼昌
'Simply moving and elegant'