あまのがはほしあひのそらをみるほどもなほわすられぬすずむしのこゑ
| ama no gawa hoshiai no sora o miru hodo mo nao wasurarenu suzumushi no koe | The River of Heaven fills The sky of trysting stars, and When I gaze upon it Even less might I forget The bell crickets’ song. |
Lady Ukon
Tag Archives: sora
Eikyū hyakushu 682
Zithers 筝
空の色によそへることのことぢをばつらなるかりとおもひけるかな
| sora no iro ni yosoeru koto no kotoji o ba tsuranaru kari to omoikeru kana | The heavens’ hues I recall—my zither’s Bridges Aligned like geese Do seem to be! |
Nakazane
Eikyū hyakushu 674
Flutes 笛
笛竹のよをさへ月やてらすらん空にも声のすみのぼるかな
| fuetake no yo o sae tsuki ya terasuran sora ni mo koe no suminoboru kana | Is it the flute that Tonight does make the moon Seem to shine so bright? Into the sky its notes So clearly climb! |
Akinaka
Eikyū hyakushu 536
Waterfalls 滝
たなばたのおりながしたる布なれや空よりおつる滝の気色は
| tanabata no orinagashitaru nuno nare ya sora yori otsuru taki no keshiki wa | Has the Weaver Maid Spun out a stream Of cloth? From the skies tumbles A waterfall – or so it looks! |
Toshiyori
Eikyū hyakushu 505
Stars 星
あまつ空夕の星のよそにても恋しき人をみるよしもがな
| ama tsu sora yū no hoshi no yoso nite mo koishiki hito o miru yoshi mo gana | In the sky-spanning heavens The evening stars are So far away; If only my darling I could, somehow, see! |
Daishin
Eikyū hyakushu 503
Stars 星
ひこぼしの心も空にはつ秋の七日の夜をやこひしかるらん
| hikoboshi no kokoro mo sora ni hatsu’aki no nanuka no yo o ya koishikaruran | Does the Herd Boy’s Heart within the skies Find early autumn’s Seventh night The most dear of all? |
Kanemasa
Eikyū hyakushu 494
Clouds 雲
くちなしの色にたなびくうき雲を雪げの空と誰かみざらん
| kuchinashi no iro ni tanabiku ukigumo o yukige no sora to tare ka mizaran | Scarlet shot through with yellow Hues are the trailing, Drifting clouds, so The tint of snow within the skies Would be glimpsed by no one. |
Toshiyori
Eikyū hyakushu 492
Clouds 雲
たかまどの山に八重たつしら雲はそらにたなびく心ちこそすれ
| takamado no yama ni yae tatsu shirakumo wa sora ni tanabiku kokochi koso sure | Above Takamato Mountain, eightfold rise The clouds so white: Trailing across the skies Is how I feel I am! |
Akinaka
Eikyū hyakushu 463
Lacking a Glimpse of Love Letters 不見書恋
ふみつくる跡も見えねば浜千鳥たちゐるそらもかひなかりけり
| fumi tsukuru ato mo mieneba hama chidori tachi’iru sora mo kainakarikeri | Of letter writing, too, I see not a sign; The plovers on beach Take wing into the skies, just As pointlessly. |
Daishin
Eikyū hyakushu 458
Lacking a Glimpse of Love Letters 不見書恋
かづらきやくめの岩ばしふみみねどわたりがたしと空にしりつつ
| kazuragi ya kume no iwabashi fumi minedo watarigatashi to sora shiritsutsu | At Kazuragi stands Kume’s broken stony bridge: No sight of letters from you, yet How hard it is to cross – that The skies do ever know… |
Nakazane