野べみればまだやかなくにさわらびのおどろの下にもえ出でにけり
| nobe mireba mada yakanaku ni sawarabi no odoro no shita ni moe’idenikeri | When I gaze across the plain, ‘Tis not yet even burnt, but Fresh bracken Beneath the thickets has Smouldered into bud. |
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Horikawa hyakushu 133
Mandaishū I: 173
Kinkai wakashū 583
しながどりゐなののはらのささ枕まくらの霜ややどる月かげ
| shinagadori inano no hara no sasamakura makura no shimo ya yadoru tsukikage | Upon waterbird-filled Inano Plain, with A pillow of bamboo— And the frost upon my pillow is The moonlight’s lodging…[i] |
583
[i] See: Topic unknown. しながどりゐなのをゆけばありまやま夕ぎり立ちぬやどはなくして shinagadori / inano o yukeba / arimayama / yūgiri tachinu / yado wa nakushite ‘Through waterbird-filled / Inano I go, as / Upon Arima Mountain / Evening mist has risen, and / Me without a lodging…’ Anonymous (Shinkokinshū X: 910)
SKKS X: 956
Kinkai wakashū 579
The moon at a journey’s lodging
ひとりふす草の枕の露のうへにしらぬ野ばらの月をみるかな
| hitori fusu kusa no makura no tsuyu no ue ni shiranu nobara no tsuki o miru kana | Lying alone Upon a grassy pillow Within the dew on This unknown plain I glimpse the moon.[i] |
579
[i] See: Composed on the moon above the mountains. あしびきの山ぢのこけの露のうへにねざめ夜ぶかき月を見るかな ashibiki no / yamaji no koke no / tsuyu no ue ni / nezame yobukaki / tsuki o miru kana ‘Resting upon leg-wearying / Mountain trails’ moss / Atop the dew / I awoke late at night / And glimpsed the moon.’ Fujiwara no Hideyoshi (Shinkokinshū IV: 398): and: Composed as a travel poem. けふは又しらぬ野ばらに行きくれぬいづれの山か月はいづらん kyō wa mata / shiranu nobara ni / yukikurenu / izure no yama ka / tsuki wa izuran ‘Today, once more / Across an unknown plain /I go at sundown; / Which will be the mountain / Where the moon does rise?’ Minamoto no Ienaga (Shinkokinshū X: 956)
MYS XI: 2638
Kinkai wakashū 577
秋もはやすゑのはら野に鳴く鹿の声きく時ぞ旅はかなしき
| aki mo haya sue no harano ni naku shika no koe kiku toki zo tabi wa kanashiki | Autumn swiftly ends On the plain at Sue, where Belling out, a stag’s Cry I hear—‘tis then that My travels are sad, indeed![i] |
577
[i] An allusive variation on: 梓弓 末之腹野尓 鷹田為 君之弓食之 将絶跡念甕屋 azusayumi / sue no harano ni / togarisuru / kimi ga yuzuru no / taemu to omoe ya ‘A catalpa bow / On the plain at Sue / A’hawking— / As your bowstring, / I wonder: will I be able to endure?’ Anonymous (Man’yōshū XI: 2638); and: A poem from the poetry competition at Prince Koresada’s house. おく山に紅葉ふみわけなく鹿のこゑきく時ぞ秋は悲しき okuyama ni / momiji fumiwake / naku shika no / koe kiku toki zo / aki wa kanashiki ‘In the mountains’ heart / Forging through the autumn leaves, / A calling stag: / When I hear his voice I feel, / Autumn is sorrowful, indeed.’ Anonymous (Kokinshū IV: 215)
