Composed gazing at the moon, the year after Lord Minamoto no Tameyoshi had died.
いのちあればことしの秋も月はみつわかれし人にあふよなきかも
| inochi areba kotoshi no aki mo tsuki wa mitsu wakareshi hito ni au yo naki kamo | I have life, so This year in autumn, too, I have gazed upon the moon, but Parted from him, No more nights of meeting in this world there’ll be. |
Monk Nōin
Composed on the conception of the very end of the year.
なにごとをまつとはなしにあけくれてことしもけふに成りにけるかな
| nani goto wo matu to Fa nasi ni akekurete kotosi mo keFu ni narinikeru kana | What have I To wait for? Nothing! So I have passed the days and nights This year and now today Has arrived! |
Middle Counsellor Kunizane
Left
こひこひてただにややまむなつむしのおもひのほかにみをやすててむ
| koikoite tada ni ya yamamu natsumushi no omoi no hoka ni mi o ya sutetemu | So much in love— Will it ever all be over? As a firefly In sudden fires of passion Should I abandon all restraint? |
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Right
たれによりひとつおもひにみをすててことしもなつのむしとなりしぞ
| tare ni yori hitotsu omoi ni mi o sutete kotoshi mo natsu no mushi to narishi zo | For whose sake is it I burn with singular passion? Abandoning all restraint This year, too, a fire Fly have I become! |
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Composed when the Horikawa Grand Minister had died, after the cremation on Mount Fukakusa was over.
深草の野辺の桜し心あらばことし許はすみぞめに咲け
| Fukakusa no nobe no sakura si kokoro araba kotosi bakari Fa sumizome ni sake |
At Fukakusa In the meadows, had the cherry trees Any heart at all, For just this year Would they bloom in charcoal hues. |
Kamutsuke no Mineo
上野岑雄
