春楊 葛山 発雲 立座 妹念
はるやなぎ かづらきやまに たつくもの たちてもゐても いもをしぞおもふ
paru yanagi
kadurakiyama ni
tatu kumo no
tatite mo wite mo
imo wo si zo omopu | Spring willows
Cap Kazuraki Mountain, where
Clouds rise, but
Rising or remaining
My darling is ever in my thoughts |
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Collection
水たまる池のつつみのさし柳この春雨にもえ出でにけり
mizu tamaru
ike no tsutsumi no
sashiyanagi
kono harusame ni
moe’idenikeri | Water-filled,
The pond is bordered by
Standing willows:
A spring shower
Has brought them into bud. |
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Willow
佐保姫の霞のころもうちなびき袖にすがとる青柳の糸
saohime no
kasumi no koromo
uchinabiki
sode ni sugatoru
aoyanagi no ito | Princess Sao:
Garbed in haze,
In her fluttering
Sleeves, count the twined,
Fresh willow threads. |
On ice houses: at Fūryū’s house.
水の奧氷室尋る柳哉
mizu no oku
himuro tazunuru
yanagi kana |
With such pure water
There must be an ice-house, so I come visiting,
Drawn by the willow trees. |
(1689)
'Simply moving and elegant'
