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
Composed when he was asked by people in the capital what the moon had been like, when he had returned there, after going to Akashi to gaze upon it, at a time when it was particularly bright.
有明の月もあかしの浦風に波ばかりこそよるとみえしか
| ariake no tuki mo akasi no urakaze ni nami bakari koso yoru to miesika |
The dawntime Moon’s brightness, with Akashi’s Beach breezes Simply with the waves Did seem to draw near with the night… |
Taira no Tadamori
平忠盛
When he had gone to a place called Akashi in Harima to bathe in the sea, he presented this to the Empress’ pantry on a night when the moon was bright.
覺つかな都の空やいかならむ今夜あかしの月を見るにも
| obotukana miyako no sora ya ikanaramu koyoFi akasi no tuki wo miru ni mo |
I wonder about The skies above the capital: Can Tonight Akashi’s bright Moon you see there, too? |
Middle Councillor Suketsuna
中納言資綱
面影に須磨も明石も誘ひ来て心ぞ月に浦伝ひける
| omokage ni suma mo akashi mo sasoikite kokoro zo tsuki ni ura tsutaikeru |
Its visage above Both Suma, and Akashi, too Beckoned me; My heart to the moon Whispered secrets on the shore… |
Cloistered Prince Shukaku
守覚法親王
Composed on the conception of the moon over the water, at the residence of Supernumerary Middle Councillor Toshitada at Katsura.
あすも来む野路の玉川萩こえて色なる浪に月やどりけり
| asu mo komu nodi no tamakaFa Fagi koete ironaru nami ni tuki yadorikeri |
The morning comes, too, To Noji’s jewelled river; Over-running the bush-clover are Motley waves where The moon does lodge. |
Minamoto no Shunrai
源俊頼
池の辺の小槻の下の小竹な刈りそねそれをだに君が形見に見つつ偲はむ
| ike no pe no wotuki no sita no sino na kari so ne sore wo dani kimi ga katami ni mitutu sinopamu |
Beside the pond, Beneath the young zelkova tree, Reap not the arrow bamboo! For that, alone, Is my keepsake of you, and I would gaze on it and remember what is gone… |
Hitomaro kashū
人麻呂歌集
をりごとに思ひぞ出る泉川月を待ちつつ渡りしものを
| origoto ni omoi zo izuru izumigawa tsuki o machitsutsu watarishi mono o |
Every time These thoughts emerge at Izumi River, Awaiting the moon; There was one who crossed before… |
Fujiwara no Shunzei
藤原俊成
In the same conception – that of the moon over Hirosawa Pond – when people were composing poetry at the Henjō Temple.
宿しもつ月の光のををしさはいかにいへども広沢の池
| yadoshi motsu tsuki no hikari no ooshisawa ika ni iedomo hirosawa no ike |
Lodging had The moon’s light there: Of magnificence, All I can say is: The pond at Hirosawa! |
Saigyō
西行
秋の月宿りし水となりぬればいづれもおなじ広沢の池
| aki no tuki yadorisi midu to narinureba idure mo onazi FirosaFa no ike |
When autumn moon With the waters found lodging And as one did become, then Ever unchanging is The pond at Hirosawa. |
いにしへの人は水際に影絶えて月のみ澄める広沢の池
| inishie no hito wa migiwa ni kage taete tsuki nomi sumeru hirosawa no ike |
In ancient times Did folk by the water’s edge Leave their shadows – gone now, and Only the moon is clear above The pond at Hirosawa. |
Minamoto no Yorimasa
源頼政