Temples 寺
やどをいでばたづねてゆかん清水寺なにたがはずは住みやとまると
| yado o ideba tazunete yukan shimizudera nani tagawazu wa sumi ya tomaru to | When I leave my home Intending to pay a call on The temple of pure waters, Would there be no difference between Living or lodging there? |
Tadafusa
Ancient Estates 故郷
よとともにまさりがほなき身にしあれば古郷人に見えまうきかな
| yo to tomo ni masarigaonaki mi ni shi areba furusatobito ni miemauki kana | As the world goes by Diminished prospects Have been my lot, so She, who dwells in that ancient estate, Is hard to meet, indeed! |
Tadafusa
Ponds 池
いせならばひがごとぞとやおもはまし山となるてふみまさかの池
| ise naraba higagoto zo to ya omowamashi yama to naru chō mimasaka no ike | Is an imitation Something so wrong I would wonder; For into mountains have turned The ponds of Mimasaka! |
Tadafusa
Waterfalls 滝
かちまけをたれかはみけん年をへておなじほどなる布引の滝
| kachimake o tare ka wa miken toshi o hete onaji hodo naru nunohiki no take | Victory or defeat, Who is it that might see it? As the years go by They are both the same to The cascade of Nunohiki. |
Tadafusa
Groves 原
なにしおはばとらやふすらん東路にあるといふなるもろこしの原
| na ni shi owaba tora ya fusuran azuma ji ni aru to iu naru morokoshi no hara | If the name fits, then Do, indeed, tigers rest Upon the eastern roads, where They say lies Morokoshi grove? |
Tadafusa
Lakes 水海
近江の海みちくるしほもなきものをたれからさきといひ初めけん
| ōmi no umi michikuru shio mo naki mono o tare karasaki to iihajimeken | The sea at Ōmi Swelling tides Does lack, so Who was that to Karasaki – a pointless point – Did first give the name, I wonder? |
Tadafusa
Stones 石
をしからでなげもやられぬ我が身こそちびきの石のたぐひなりけれ
| oshikarade nage mo yararenu wa ga mi koso chibiki no ishi no tagui narikere | With no regrets Inconstant not Am I: A stone a thousand might pull, That is how I am! |
Tadafusa
Hotsprings 出湯
なげきのみありまの山にいづるゆのからくてよにもふる我が身かな
| nageki nomi arima no yama ni izuru yu no karakute yo ni mo furu wa ga mi kana | Simply sad on Arima Mountain; In the bubbling hotspring At last, grown Old have I! |
Tadafusa
Stars 星
夕づつのなどてまだきに入りぬらんねよてふかねの音もせなくに
| yūzutsu no nadote madaki ni irunuran neyo chō kane no oto mo senaku ni | With every eve Why so swiftly Do they seem to set? Though the bell for bed Has yet to toll… |
Tadafusa
Clouds 雲
白雲は雨やみてこそかへりけれはなぞめならばかからましやは
| shirakumo wa ame yamite koso kaerikere hanazome naraba kakaramashi ya wa | From the clouds so white The rain has ceased, and Headed home! Were they but light indigo, then Would they be like this? |
Tadafusa