Pine Crickets 松虫
ひとりゐてなかむる秋の夕くればおなじ心に松虫ぞなく
| hitori ite nagamuru aki no yū kureba onaji kokoro ni matsumushi zo naku | All alone, and Gazing out on an autumn Evening falling, The same feeling fills The pine crickets’ cries. |
Daishin
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Ise Shū 28
Her Majesty, the Empress, had such a limitlessly refined nature, that there was no one in the world who was her equal. Ise’s chamber had a most beautiful garden planted before them and, in autumn, when she had returned to her dwelling for a while, Her Majesty wrote, ‘Why have you not returned yet? It seems that you will be so late in coming that the pine crickets before your chamber will have ceased to sing and the flowers will, no doubt, be past their best.’ Ise replied:
松虫も鳴きやみぬなる秋の野に誰よぶとてか花見にも來む
| matu musi mo nakiyaminu naru aki no no ni tare yobu tote ka Fanami ni mo komu |
The pining crickets Have ceased to sing In the autumn fields; Who calls from there, I wonder, Will she come to view the flowers… |
SKKS XVI: 1560
When he was considerably over eighty, he was commanded to compose a hundred poem sequence, so he composed this and presented it.
しめをきていまやとおもふ秋山のよもぎがもとにまつむしのなく
| shime okite ima ya to omou aki yama no yomogi ga moto ni matsumushi no naku | ‘Tis there I’ll rest– And wonder if now is the time– Upon a mount in autumn Beneath a mugwort patch Pining, the crickets cry. |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office Toshinari
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