折る菊の露に濡れぬる今日よりや千年の秋に逢はむとすらむ
oru kiku no
tsuyu ni nurenuru
kyō yori ya
chitose no aki ni
awamu to suramu |
Picked chrysanthemums’
Dew dampens us
Today – will we
For a thousand years of autumns
Decide to meet together? |
Higo, from the Residence of the Kyōgoku Regent
京極関白家肥後
今日ごとに菊を薬とする人は千年のなかはすぐといふなり
kyō goto ni
kiku o kusuri to
suru hito wa
chitose no naka wa
sugu to iu nari |
Every year today
Chrysanthemums for medicine
Do people take, that
A thousand years together
And more will they have, they say. |
Minamoto no Nakazane
源仲実
'Simply moving and elegant'