On seeing wisteria blooms at Tako Bay.
たこの浦のそこさへにほふ藤浪をかざしてゆかん見ぬ人のため
tako no ura no
soko saFe nioFu
Fudinami wo
kazasite yukan
minu Fito no tame | The Bay of Tako’s
Very bed does glow with
Wisteria waves—
I’ll wear them in my hair as I go,
For those who’ve seen them not! |
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
伊佐左可尓 念而来之乎 多祜乃浦尓 開流藤見而 一夜可経
いささかに おもひてこしを たこのうらに さけるふぢみて ひとよへぬべし
isasaka ni
omopitekosi wo
tako no ura ni
sakeru pudi mite
pitoyo penubesi | Just for a moment
Did I think to come, but
At the Bay of Tako
I see blooming wisteria, and
Must pass a night here. |
Secretary Kume no asomi Hironawa
判官久米朝臣広縄
Composed to accompany a picture on a folding screen of a traveller at the Bay of Tako, picking wisteria blooms.
たこのうらの岸の藤なみ立ちかへりをらではゆかじ袖はぬるとも
tako no ura no
kishi no fujinami
tachikaeri
orade wa yukaji
sode wa nuru tomo | At the Bay of Tako
Upon the shore wisteria waves
Break, returning
Never would I go without picking them
Though it wet my sleeves. |
Created with Soan.
'Simply moving and elegant'
