鳴るかみの夕立にこそ雨は降れ御手あら新井洗川の水まさるらし
narukami no
yūdachi ni koso
ame wa fure
mitarashigawa no
mizu masarurashi
The thunder
Brings an evening shower
Fall of rain:
The Mitarashi River’s
Waters seem high, indeed!
Nōin
能因
稲筵川沿柳水行けばおきふしすれどそのねたえせず
inamushiro
kawasoi yanagi
mizu yukeba
okifushisuredo
sono ne taesezu
On a rice-straw mat
Beneath a willow on the bank,
Where waters flow,
I lay me down, yet
Sleep, as ever, eludes me.
At the waterfall at Ryūmon.
くる人もなき奥山の滝の糸は水のわくにぞまかせたりける
kuru Fito mo
naki okuyama no
taki no ito Fa
midu no waku ni zo
makasetarikeru
No one is there
To reel, deep within the mountains
Threads from off the falls, so
To the spraying waters
Have I left it!
Middle Councillor Sadayori
中納言定頼
行く水のうへにいはへる河社河浪高くあそぶなるかな
yuku midu no
uFe ni iFaFeru
kaFa yasiro
kaFa nami takaku
asobunaru kana
The waters run, and
Above them in celebration is
A river shrine;
The river’s waves rise high,
Taking pleasure in their play!
Ki no Tsurayuki
紀貫之
Left (Win).
行く末の深き縁とぞ契つるまだ結ばれぬ淀の若菰
yukusue no
fukaki eni to zo
chigiritsuru
mada musubarenu
yodo no wakagomo
In the future,
A deep connection will we have,
You vowed,
Yet still no one has cupped
This young shoot of wild rice at Yodo.
A Servant Girl .
863
Right.
結ばんと契し人を忘れずやまだ影淺き井手の玉水
musuban to
chigirishi hito o
wasurezu ya
mada kage asaki
ide no tamamizu
That we would be joined
We swore, so
Will you not forget me?
The slight reflection left
In Ide’s jewelled waters…
Ietaka .
864
Both Left and Right state: there is no separation between man and woman.
In judgement: ‘Young shoot of wild rice at Yodo’ (yodo no wakagomo ) and ‘Ide’s jewelled waters’ (ide no tamamizu ) are both elegant in style, but the Left has pledged a more profound bond. The Right has ‘the slight reflection left’ (mada kage asaki ) and the Left is a poem about a vow which has been made. The Right is just referring to events of the past. Thus, ‘depth’ should win.
On frogs.
神なびの山下響み行く水にかはづ鳴くなり秋と言はむとや
kamunabi no
yamasita toyomi
yuku midu ni
kapadu nakunari
aki to ipamu to ya
The sacred
Mountains’ feet resound
With rushing waters, where
Frogs are crying;
Do they announce the coming autumn?
Anonymous
Topic uknown.
水鳥の下安からぬ思ひにはあたりの水もこほらさりけり
mizutori no
shita yasukaranu
omoi ni wa
atari no mizu mo
kōrazarikeri
A dabchick:
Beneath all is unquiet –
From the fires of his passion
The waters all around
Remain unfrozen.
Anonymous
夏草の上にしげれる沼水の行く方もなき我が心かな
natu kusa no
uFe ni sigereru
numamidu no
yukukata mo naki
wa ga kokoro kana
Summer grasses:
Upon them lies wetly
The marsh waters
With nowhere to go
Just like my heart!
Frogs (蛙)
たかせ舟のぼるほり江の水を浅み草がくれにてかはづなくなり
takasebune
noboru horie no
mizu o asami
kusagakure nite
kawazu nakunari
Skips
Ascend the canal’s
Shallow waters;
Hidden in the grasses,
The frogs are singing.
Minamoto no Akinaka (1058-1138)
源顕仲
水の上の浜名の橋も焼けにけりうち消つ波やより来ざりけむ
midu no uFe no
Famana no Fasi mo
yakenikeri
utiketu nami yori
kozarikemu
Upon the waters
The bridge of Hamana
Has burned;
From the extinguishing waves
Will you come no more!
Minamoto no Shigeyuki
源重之
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