いざさらは木の下道はよきてゆかむ嵐に絶へぬしづりひまなし
| iza saraba ko no shitamichi wa yokite yukamu arashi ni taenu shizuri hima nashi | So, then, so be it! The path beneath the trees I’ll avoid, as I go For unable to stand the storm, There’s no space between bent branches! |
Left (Tie).
あぢきなくつらきあらしの聲もうしなど夕暮に待ならひけん
| ajikinaku tsuraki arashi no koe mo ushi nado yûgure ni matsu naraiken |
Dreary, The heartless storm-wind’s Roar is cruel, indeed; Why, at eventide To wait, have I become accustomed? |
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Right (Tie).
歸るさのものとや人のながむ覧待夜ながらの有明の月
| kaeru sa no mono to ya hito no nagamuran matsu yo nagara no ariake no tsuki |
On his way home Does he Gaze upon it, I wonder? While I wait the whole night through, ‘Til the moon meets daybreak… |
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From when he presented a hundred poem sequence.
さゝの葉はみ山もさやにうちそよぎこほれる霜を吹嵐かな
| sasa no ha wa miyama mo saya ni uchisoyogi koreru shimo o fuku arashi kana | The bamboo grass leaves In the moutain deeps clearly Rustle: The frozen frost Blown by the storm, perhaps? |
The Regent and Grand Minister [Fujiwara no Yoshitsune] (1169 – 1206)
藤原良経