Left (Win).
我が恋は片裏染めの唐衣かへして寝るや色に見ゆるらむ
wa ga koFi Fa
kata’urazome no
karakoromo
kaFesite nuru ya
iro ni miyurururamu |
For my love
An inner-dyed
Cathay robe
I will reverse – in sleep, then,
I wonder will I see passion’s hues? |
Shichirō 七郎
[Minamoto no Ie’yori 源家職]
31
Right.
寝ぬままに月を眺めて明かすかな闇には恋もなぐさかじかし
nenu mama ni
tuki wo nagamete
akasu kana
yami ni Fa koFi mo
nagusamazikasi |
While sleepless
I gaze upon the moon
‘til dawn!
For in the darkness my love
Would gain no consolation! |
Saburō 三郎
[Minamoto no Kanemasa 源兼昌]
32
Left (Win).
思ひあまりながむる空の掻き曇り月さへ我を厭ひつるかな
omoFi’amari
nagamuru sora no
kakikumori
tuki saFe ware wo
itoFituru kana |
Filled full with love
The sky on which I turn my gaze
Is drowned in darkness;
Even the moon from me
Does shy! |
The Consultant Middle Captain 宰相中将
[Minamoto no Kuninobu 源国信]
25
Right.
嵐吹く夜寒の里の寝覚めにはいとど人こそ恋ひしかりけれ
arasi Fuku
yo samu no sato no
nezame ni Fa
itodo Fito koso
koFisikarikere |
Stom winds rage
Round my night-chilled home;
Starting from sleep
How much more do
I love her now… |
The Minister of Justice 刑部卿
[Minamoto no Akinaka 源顕仲]
26
我見ても類覚えぬ月の夜はふりぬる人ぞ待つ問はれける
ware mitemo
tagui oboenu
tsuki no yo wa
furinuru hito zo
matsu towarekeru |
I see it yet,
I cannot recall its like;
On a moonlit night
I have grown old
Awaiting your coming! |
Minamoto no Yorimasa
源頼政
Composed gazing at the moon when there were baseless rumours about her.
如何にせむ歎の杜は茂けれど木の間の月の隱れなき世を
ika ni semu
nageki no mori Fa
sigekeredo
ko no ma no tuki no
kakurenaki yo wo |
What am I to do?
The sacred groves of Nageki with grief
Grow lush, yet
Between the trees, from the moon
There is no hiding in this world. |
The Daughter of Tachibana no Toshimune
橘俊宗女
甲斐無くて月日はふれど年暮れて仏の御名を聞くぞうれしき
kainakute
tsukihi wa furedo
toshi kurete
hotoke no mina o
kiku zo ureshiki |
Pointlessly
The days and months go by, yet
At year’s twilight
The Buddhas’ names
I hear with joy! |
数ふるれば我が身に積もる年月を送り迎ふとなに急ぐらむ
kazourureba
wa ga mi ni tsumoru
toshitsuki o
okurimukau to
nani isoguramu |
When I count them up
Upon me are laden
Years and months
To see off and welcome in, so
Why should I make haste? |
Taira no Kanemori
平兼盛
宮城野のま萩が上の白露を玉にしきても宿る月かな
miyagino no
mahagi ga ue no
shiratsuyu o
tama ni shikitemo
yadoru tsuki kana |
On Miyagi plain
Upon the fair bush clover
Silver dewdrops
Are spread like gems
Where the moon takes rest. |
Ietaka
宮城野のもとあらの萩の下晴れて露も曇らぬ秋の夜の月
miyagino no
motoara no Fagi no
sita Farete
tuyu mo kumoranu
aki no yo no tsuki |
On Miyagi plain
The speckled bush clover is
Clear beneath,
The dew unclouded
On an autumn night of moonlight. |
Minamoto no Shige’ie
源重家
Composed at the residence of the Ōmiya Former Chancellor, on the conception of when the moon in autumn seems like summer.
小萩原また花咲かぬ宮城野の鹿や今宵の月に鳴くらん
koFagiFara
mata Fana sakanu
miyagino no
sika ya koyoFi no
tuki ni nakuran |
The young bush clover meadows
Are not yet in bloom;
On Miyagi plain
Do the stags tonight
Cry to the moon, I wonder? |
Fujiwara no Atsunaka
藤原敦仲
A place famous for its moon.
なべてなほ所の名をや惜しむらん明石はわきて月のさやけき
nabete nao
tokoro no na o ya
oshimuran
akashi wa wakite
tsuki no sayakeki |
In general
Does the place’s name
Have anything to regret?
Akashi is particular for
The purity of the moon… |
Saigyō
西行
'Simply moving and elegant'