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
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Eikyū hyakushu 193
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
Eikyū hyakushu 186
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
Eikyū hyakushu 179
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
Eikyū hyakushu 172
Avoiding Heat (避暑)
すずむとてしづのまろやを立ちつれば程なくあせの入りにけるかな
| suzumu tote shizu no maroya o tachitsureba hodo naku ase no irinikeru kana | Thinking to cool myself A poor man’s reed-roofed hut Did I erect, but In a moment, sweat Had entered within! |
Tadafusa
Eikyū hyakushu 165
Shade beneath the Trees (樹陰)
すずしさのおいそのもりの下なれど夏てふことぞわすられにける
| suzushisa no oiso no mori no shita naredo natsu chō koto zo wasurarenikeru | Cool, it is In Oiso’s sacred forest grounds; I am beneath the boughs, yet That today is still summer I have quite forgotten! |
Tadafusa
Eikyū hyakushu 164
Shade beneath the Trees (樹陰)
秋もまだたちこぬさきに衣手のもりのしたにはほのめきにけり
| aki mo mada tachikonu saki ni koromode no mori no shita ni wa honomekinikeri | When Autumn has not yet Arisen – just then – My sleeves Beneath the forest roof Have grown dim. |
Toshiyori
Eikyū hyakushu 158
Fans (扇)
すゑひろく七ほねにてはるあふぎやつれにけりなもとのすがたに
| sue hiroku nanatsu hone nite haru ōgi yatsurenikeri na moto no sugata ni | Broad the end, with Seven ribs – when Spread, o, fan, Shrink not to your shabby, Former state! |
Tadafusa
Eikyū hyakushu 151
Pinks (瞿麦)
石竹の花さくやどにいかにしてふしよき竹をませにゆはまし
| tokonatsu no hana saku yado ni ika ni shite fushi yoki take o mase ni yuwamashi | A pink Is blooming at my house, But what am I to do? For the pliant bamboo stems Would I twine into a fence… |
Tadafusa
Eikyū hyakushu 144
Summer Grasses (夏草)
夏山のすそのの草やふかからん分けくる人のそでの露けさ
| natsuyama no susono no kusa ya fukakaran wakekuru hito no sode no tsuyukesa | In the summer mountains, Is it that the grasses on the skirting slopes Seem so thick? Parting them upon his way, a man’s Sleeves are drenched with dew. |
Tadafusa