On having fond thoughts of times gone by while picking fresh herbs.
わかなつむのべのかすみにあはれなるむかしをとほくへだつとおもへば
wakana tsumu
nobe no kasumi ni
aware naru
mukashi o tōku
hedatsu to omoeba | Gathering fresh herbs
Upon the plains amidst the haze
Does move me so—
Those bygone days by distance
Blocked are, I feel… |
21
ねのびしにかすみたなびくのべに出でてはつ鶯のこゑをききつる
ne no bi shi ni
kasumi tanabiku
nobe ni idete
hatsu uguisu no
koe o kikitsuru | For the Day of the Rat to,
Spread with haze,
The plains I went, and
The first warbler’s
Cry did hear. |
16
The Day of the Rat.
はるごとにのべの小松をひく人はいくらの千よをふべきなるらん
haru goto ni
nobe no komatsu o
hiku hito wa
ikura no chiyo o
fubeki naruran | Every single spring
Onto the plains pine seedlings
Plucking, those folk,
How many thousand ages
Might they pass through? |
14
Topic unknown.
あさみどりのべのかすみのたなびくにけふのこ松をまかせつるかな
asamidori
nobe no kasumi no
tanabiku ni
keFu no komatu wo
makaseturu kana | Pale green
Across the plains the haze
Does draw, so
Today, the pine seedlings
I will leave to it! |
Minster or Public Affairs Tsunenobu
Heat haze.
はるるひの野べのかすみのうすごろも袖にみだれてあそぶいとゆふ
haruru hi no
nobe no kasumi no
usugoromo
sode ni midarete
asobu itoyū | The clearing sun
Upon the plains with mist’s
Scanty garb’s
Sleeves all tangled
With heat haze. |
545
たづねくるひくまの野辺にみだるるやよるかたもなくあそぶいとゆふ
tazunekuru
hikumano nobe ni
midaruru ya
yoru kata mo naku
asobu itoyū | I have come a’calling
To Hikumano plain, but
‘Tis confusing with
No way to draw near to
The heat haze… |
Moritada
野辺みれば春の日暮のおほぞらにひばりとともにあそぶいとゆふ
nobe mireba
haru no higure no
ōzora ni
hibari to tomo ni
asobu itoyū | Gazing on the plains
At a springtime sunset
In the heavens
Together with the skylarks is
Heat haze… |
Nakamasa
Heat haze out on the plains.
われのみとおもひてのべにいでつれどおなじこころにあそぶいとかな
ware nomi to
omoite nobe ni
idetsuredo
onaji kokoro ni
asobu ito kana | I would be alone
I thought, out onto the plains
A’going, yet
Of the same mind was
The heat haze! |
Lord Tametada
115
For the Day of the Rat celebrations at the palace in Eihō 4 [1084].
ねのびする野べのこまつをうつしうゑて年のをながく君ぞ引くべき
ne no bi suru
nobe no komatsu o
utsushi’uete
toshi no o nagaku
kimi zo hikubeki | For the Day of the Rat
Pine seedlings from the plains
We transplant, that
The long thread of their years
Will draw our Lord with them! |
Supernumerary Middle Counsellor Michitoshi
Topic unknown.
こゑたえずさへづれのべのももちどりのこりすくなきはるにやはあらぬ
kowe taezu
saFedure nobe no
momotidori
nokori sukunaki
Faru ni ya Fa aranu | Your ceaseless songs
A’singing in the meadows
O, all you tiny birds,
Little yet lingers
Of springtime, does it not? |
Fujiwara no Nagayoshi
'Simply moving and elegant'
