The Moon at Dawn 暁月
なが月の廿日の月ともろ友にねやへもいらであかしつるかな
| nagatsuki no hatsuka no tsuki to morotomo ni neya e mo irade akashitsuru kana | On the Longest Month’s Twentieth day, not the moon Nor any other Has entered in my bedchamber, Where I greet the dawn! |
Tadafusa
Autumn Nights 秋夜
あけがたき秋のよなよないくたびか窓うつ雨にめをさますらん
| akegataki aki no yonayona iku tabi ka mado utsu ame ni me o samasuran | There is no dawning Autumn night after autumn night; How many times Must the rain beating on my window Start my eyes apart? |
Tadafusa
The Night of the 15th of the Eighth Month (八月十五夜)
月かげも秋の日かずをかぞへてやこよひもなかにてりまさるらん
| tsukikage mo aki no hi kazu o kazoete ya koyoi mo naka ni terimasaruran | Should I the moonlight with The number of days of autumn Count up? Tonight, among them all It seems to shine the brightest. |
Tadafusa
The Morning after Tanabata (七夕後朝)
うき別そでふるだにもあるべきを何へだつらん天の河ぎり
| uki wakare sode furu dani mo arubeki o nani hedatsuran ama no kawagiri | Cruel, the parting where Even though she waves her sleeves, Of course, What is it that stands in the way, But the mist on the River of Heaven. |
Tadafusa
Autumn Winds 秋風
色見えで身にもしむかなすがる鳴く小萩が原の秋の夕風
| iro miede mi ni shimu kana sugaru naku kohagi ga hara no aki no yūkaze | Passion’s secret hues Do pierce my breast! Stags belling from The fresh bush clover meadows, carried On the autumn wind. |
Tadafusa
Lingering Heat (残暑)
はつ秋のまだすずしくもあらぬまはあつさもなくて夏や過ぐらん
| hatsu aki no mada suzushiku mo aranu ma wa atsusa mo nakute natsu ya suguran | Early autumn: Still coolness Has it none – but then Lacking heat as well Does the summer seem to continue on? |
Tadafusa
Water Rails (鼃)
たたくともさやはなるべき柴の戸はときけば夜半の水鶏なりけり
| tatakutomo saya wa narubeki shiba no to wa to kikeba yowa no kuina narikeri | A tapping, yet It must be a knocking On my brushwood door I hear, but at midnight ‘Tis only a water rail! |
Tadafusa
Summer Hunting (夏猟)
夏かりのせこがいる野にたつ鹿は秋よりさきにねをや鳴くらん
| natsu kari no seko ga iru no ni tatsu shika wa aki yori saki ni ne o ya nakuran | For summer reaped are The plains where my man does shoot; Will the starting stags Before the autumn Begin to bell? |
Tadafusa
Cormorant Fishingon the River(鵜河)
さ夜すがらあゆふす川にかがり火のかげと友にもうかびつるかな
| sayo sugara ayu fusu kawa ni kagaribi no kage to tomo ni mo ukabitsuru kana | All the brief night long Sweetfish hiding in the river, with The torches’ Light come Drifting up! |
Tadafusa
Summer Insects (夏虫)
夏虫はおもひにしづむ世の中にうきなからふる身をいかにせん
| natsumushi wa omoi ni shizumu yo no naka ni ukinagara furu mi o ika ni sen | Summer insects: Submerged in fires of passion In this mundane world, and Drifting, growing old What am I to do? |
Tadafusa