Temples 寺
始なきつみのつもりのかなしさをぬかのこゑごゑくどきつるかな
hajime naki
tsumi no tsumori no
kanashisa o
nuka no koegoe
kudokitsuru kana | Original
Sins’ accumulation
Brings sadness, that
The sound of prostrations
Dispels with good deeds! |
Toshiyori
Ancient Estates 故郷
たが宿としらねどかなしふる郷のほどはかきねに見えしわたれば
ta ga yado to
shiranedo kanashi
furusato no
hodo wa kakine ni
mieshi watareba | Whose lodging this is
I know not – ‘tis sad;
How ancient this estate
Its brushwood fence
Revealed as I passed by… |
Toshiyori
Ponds 池
世にわびて波たちまちにすぐなれどあその御池にぬさたてまつる
yo ni wabite
nami tachimachi ni
sugu naredo
aso no mi’ike ni
nusa tatematsuru | All the world’s troubles
In sudden waves
Arise, yet
At the fair pond of Aso
Will I make an offering… |
Toshiyori
Waterfalls 滝
たなばたのおりながしたる布なれや空よりおつる滝の気色は
tanabata no
orinagashitaru
nuno nare ya
sora yori otsuru
taki no keshiki wa | Has the Weaver Maid
Spun out a stream
Of cloth?
From the skies tumbles
A waterfall – or so it looks! |
Toshiyori
Groves 原
霧をいたみまのの萩原時雨れしてしづくに袖をおどろかしつる
kiri o itami
mano no hagiwara
shigure shite
shizuku ni sode o
odorokashitsuru | Mists run round
The bush-clover groves at Mano, where
Drizzle falls;
Droplets on my sleeves –
So startling! |
Toshiyori
Lakes 水海
タづくひえがたのうらのいりましに雲すばへしてみのもすすけぬ
yūzuku hi
egata no ura no
irimashi ni
kumo subaeshite
mino mo susukenu | The evening sun
Upon the beach-rimmed bay
Is setting, while
From the clouds a gentle rain does fall
Leaving sooty spots upon my raincoat. |
Toshiyori
Stones 石
石はさもたちける人のこころさへ かたかど有りて見えもするかな
ishi wa samo
tachikeru hito no
kokoro sae
katakado arite
mie mo suru kana | Such is the way with stones:
Should the folk who place them,
Within their hearts have but even
A trace of talent,
It is plain to see! |
Toshiyori
Hotsprings 出湯
みくまののゆごりのまつをさすさをのひろひ行くらんかくていとなし
mikumano no
yugori no matsu o
sasu sao no
hiroiyukuran
kakute itonashi | In fair Kumano
The pine trees take the waters –
Thrusting boat-poles in
As in a stately promenade:
How busy they are! |
Toshiyori
Stars 星
時つ鳥なかず雲ゐにとどろきて星のはやしにうづもれぬらん
tokitsudori
nakazu kumoi ni
todorokite
hoshi no hayashi ni
uzumorenuran | The cuckoo is
Songless among the clouds, where
Echoes
Within the forest of stars
Seem never to die away… |
Toshiyori
Love on Parting 別恋
さひのくまはなつ日ぐれはわかるともしづのみぎりにあらざらめかは
sahinokuma
hanatsu higure wa
wakaru tomo
shizu no migiri ni
arazarame ka wa | From Sahinokuma
Spreads the sunset dusk;
It parts us, yet
A humble rain-stone
Seems absent, does it not? |
Toshiyori
'Simply moving and elegant'