松浦なる玉島川に鮎釣ると立たせる子らが家道知らずも
matura naru
On Matsura’s
Ōtomo no Tabito
松浦川川の瀬光り鮎釣ると立たせる妹が裳の裾濡れぬ
maturagapa
“At Matsura River
Ōtomo no Tabito
Cormorant Fishing on the River (鵜河)
大井河う舟にともすかがり火のかかる世にあふあゆぞはかなき
ōigawa On the River Ōi
Daishin
Cormorant Fishing on the River (鵜河)
かひのぼるう舟のなはのしげければせぶしのあゆの行かたやなき
kainoboru Heading upstream
Higo, from the Residence of the Kyōgoku Regent
年のはに鮎し走らば辟田河鵜八つ潜けて河瀬尋ねむ
tosi no pa ni
Every year
Ōtomo no Yakamochi
年ごとに鮎しはしれば沢田川鵜やつかつけて川瀬たづねむ
toshigoto ni
Every year
One autumn, when I invited Lord Michitsuna, the Middle Captain , to go fishing, he said, ‘You prefer taking life to the Way of the Buddha!’, and I composed:
宇治川の網代の氷魚もこの秋はあみだ佛に寄るとこそ聞け
uzigaFa no
Upon the River UjiAmida Buddha
Composed on wicker fishing nets.
ひおのよる川瀨に見ゆるあじろ木はたつ白波の打つにやあるらん
Fio no yoru
Sweetfish in the night
Empress Higo
'Simply moving and elegant'