秋風に山とびこゆるはつ雁のつばさにわくるみねの白雲
akikaze ni
yama tobikoyuru
hatsukari no
tsubasa ni wakuru
mine no shirakumo | On the autumn wind,
Flying ‘cross the mountains,
The first geese
Part with their wings
The clouds so white above the peaks. |
あまの戸をあけがたの空になく雁の翼の露にやどる月影
ama no to o
akegata no sora ni
naku kari no
tsubasa no tsuyu ni
yadoru tsukikage | As the gates of heaven
Open, brightening the sky,
The geese cry, with
Dewdrops on their wings, where
Moonlight lodges. |
Geese above the sea
わたのはら八重のしほぢにとぶかりのつばさの波に秋風ぞふく
wata no hara
yae no shioji ni
tobu kari no
tsubasa no nami ni
akikaze zo fuku | Across the broad sea sweep
Of eightfold sea-lanes
Fly the geese,
Their wings a wave
In the gusting autumn wind |
On geese flying over a place where the blossom was scattering, for a folding screen picture.
雁がねのかへる翅にかをるなり花をうらむる春の山かぜ
kari ga ne no
kaeru tubasa ni
kaoru nari
hana o uramuru
haru no yamakaze | Geese cry, as
Homeward bound, their wings
Are fragrant with
Blossom borne by the regretful
Mountain breeze in springtime. |
A poem composed later by Yamanoue no omi Okura.
翼なすあり通ひつつ見らめども人こそ知らね松は知るらむ
tubasa nasu
arigayopitutu
miramedomo
pito koso sirane
matu pa siruramu |
Bearing wings
His soul does traverse the skies;
The sight
Means nothing to men, but
The pine, alone, understands. |
Yamanoue no Okura
'Simply moving and elegant'
