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わがやどの花たちばなにふく風をたが里よりとたれながむらん
| wa ga yado no hanatachibana ni fuku kaze o ta ga sato yori to tare nagamuran | From my home The scent of orange blossom Is carried on the breeze; Will you wonder from whose house it came Lost in pensive thoughts? |
Major Controller of the Left Chikamune
Flutes 笛
此さとに神楽やすらん笛の音のさ夜ふけがたにきこゆなりけり
| kono sato ni kagura ya suran fue no ne no sayo fukegata ni kikoyu narikeri | At this hamlet, I wonder, is there sacred dance? For a flute’s notes At brief night’s breaking Do I hear. |
Higo
Next Door 隣
隣よりあし火のけぶりもれきつつたかぬさとにもすすたりぬべし
| tonari yori ashibi no keburi morekitsutsu takanu sato ni mo susu tarinubeshi | From next door The smoke from reed-torches is Always flooding across, so Even my home where we light them not Has soot aplenty! |
Kanemasa
Sages’ Dwellings 仙宮
いかにして玉のうてなの久しくもなかりし程に千代をへぬらん
| ika ni shite tama no utena no hisashiku mo nakarishi sato ni chiyo o henuran | What am I to do? In a fair tower Not long did I stay but, in that dwelling A thousand generations seem to pass… |
Tadafusa
Sages’ Dwellings 仙宮
桃の花しげきみたにに尋ねいりておもはぬ里に年ぞへにける
| momo no hana shigeki mitani ni tazuneirite omowanu sato ni toshi zo henikeru | Upon peach blossoms Growing lushly in a hidden valley, Did I pay a visit, and In that secret dwelling place Did year on year go by. |
Nakazane
Ancient Estates 故郷
むぐらはひよもぎがそまとあれはててふりにし里は人かげもせず
| mugurahai yomogi ga soma to arehatete furinishi sato wa hitokage mo sezu | Creepers crawl around The mugwort and brushwood Desolate and wild; At this aged estate There is no trace of anyone, at all. |
Higo
Ancient Estates 故郷
さしながらまだをののえはくちなくにまがきもねやもあらぬ里かな
| sashinagara mada ono no e wa kuchinaku ni magaki mo neya mo aranu sato kana | Not entirely Yet has my axe handle Rotted, but No fence or bedchamber Has this estate! |
Nakazane
Waterfalls 滝
名にたてぬみ山がくれの滝なれどながれはさとの人にしられぬ
| na ni tatenu miyamagakure no taki naredo nagare wa sato no hito ni shirarenu | No name adorns These hidden mountain Falls, yet Of their flow are the estate’s Folk all unknowing… |
Kanemasa
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この里に旅寝しぬべし桜花ちりのまがひに家路わすれて
| kono sato ni tabineshinubesi sakurabana chiri no magaFi ni iFedi wasurete | In this hamlet Must I sleep upon my travels; In the cherry blossoms’ Scattering distraction Have I forgot my homeward path… |
Anonymous
菊の水齢を延べずあらませばさとも荒さで今日あはましや
| kiku no midu yowaFi wo nobezu aramaseba sato mo arasade keFu aFamasi ya |
The chrysanthemums’ waters Age do not extend – If that were so, then Would undisarrayed their estate be where We would meet today? |
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