伊勢海之 白水郎之嶋津我 鰒玉 取而後毛可 恋之将繁
いせのうみの あまのしまつが あはびたま とりてのちもか こひのしげけむ
ise no umi no
ama no shimadu ga
apabitama
torite noti mo ka
kopi no sigekemu | By the sea at Ise
Fishers from the isles
Pearls
Have gathered, but still
I must love you wildly! |
Anonymous
わたつうみにながれいでたるしかま川しかもたえずやこひわたりなん
wata tsu umi ni
nagare’idetaru
shikamagawa
shika mo taezu ya
koi watarinan | Into the broad sea sweep
Flows out
The River Shikama—
Just as endless will
My love continue on? |
482
かくてのみありそのうみにありつつも逢ふよもあらばなにかうらみん
kakute nomi
ariso no umi ni
aritsutsu mo
au yo mo araba
nani ka uramin | Simply so
At the rocky sea of Ariso
Am I ever to be, but
Should there be a world wherein we met,
Then what despite might I feel? |
480
いせのうみや浪にたけたる秋のよの有明の月に松風ぞふく
ise no umi ya
nami ni taketaru
aki no yo no
ariake no tsuki ni
matsukaze zo fuku | At the sea at Ise
Sluggishly upon the waves
On an autumn night
Shines the dawntime moon while
The wind gusts through the pines! |
The moon by the sea
たまさかにみる物にもがいせのうみの清きなぎさの秋のよの月
tamasaka ni
miru mono ni mo ga
ise no umi no
kiyoki nagisa no
aki no yo no tsuki | Once in a while
‘Tis something I would glimpse:
Above the sea at Ise,
Calm and clear,
The moon on an autumn night… |
Geese above the sea
わたのはら八重のしほぢにとぶかりのつばさの波に秋風ぞふく
wata no hara
yae no shioji ni
tobu kari no
tsubasa no nami ni
akikaze zo fuku | Across the broad sea sweep
Of eightfold sea-lanes
Fly the geese,
Their wings a wave
In the gusting autumn wind |
Topic unknown.
わたつ海のおきつしほあひにうかぶあわのきえぬものからよる方もなし
wata tu umi no
oki tu siFoaFi ni
ukabu awa no
kienu mono kara
yoru kata mo nasi | Across the broad sea sweep
In the offing upon the clashing tides
Floats foam
Endlessly, though
It has nowhere to go… |
Anonymous
Presenting rice and oil to the Buddha.
雲も海もつぎしとぞ思ふ君がためひろき心のかぎりなければ
kumo mo umi mo
tsukiji to zo omou
kimi ga tame
hiroki kokoro no
kagiri nakereba | Both clouds and sea
Shall never end I feel!
For you, my Lord,
The breadth of my heart
Has no limits, at all… |
Jien
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Topic unknown.
いせのうみのあまのつりなは打ちはへてくるしとのみや思ひ渡らむ
ise no umi no
ama no turinaFa
utiFaFete
kurusi to nomi ya
omoFiwataramu | Upon the sea at Ise
Fisher-folk their lines
Play out
Endlessly in pain
Shall my thoughts upon you dwell? |
Anonymous
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In the same reign, when His Majesty’s Gentlemen were drawing topic by lot and presenting poems, he drew ‘fishing boats’ and composed this.
いはおろすかたこそなけれいせの海のしほせにかかるあまのつり舟
iFa orosu
kata koso nakere
ise no umi no
siFose ni kakaru
ama no turibune | To drop their stones
Is there no place at all,
At the sea off Ise
Caught by the rushing tides are
The seafolk’s fishing boats… |
Supernumerary Middle Counsellor Toshitada
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'Simply moving and elegant'
