On the conception of compassion.
物いはぬよものけだ物すらだにもあはれなるかなや親の子を思ふ
mono iwanu
yomo no kedamono
sura dani mo
aware naru kana ya
oya no ko o omou | Even wordless
Beasts, wherever
They may be,
Feel the love
Of a parent for a child! |
718
飲むからに親子の中もわかれずときく谷水をひきて流せり
nomu kara ni
oyako no naka mowakarezu to
kiku tanimidu wo
Fikite nagaseri |
Drinking, so
A parent-child bond
Shall not broken be,
I hear; chrysanthemums, waters from the mountain streams
Draw up, and have set flow once more. |
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かへるとも立ちはなるなよ鳥の子のはぐくむ親と我を頼まば
kaeru tomo
tachihanaru na yo
tori no ko no
hagukumu oya to
ware o tanomaba |
Even though I go away
O, do not abandon me!
If as fledgling
Trusts its parent, so
Do you rely on me! |
Minamoto no Yorimasa
源頼政
'Simply moving and elegant'
