なき事をいはれの池のうきぬなはくるしき物は世にこそ有りけれ
| naki koto wo iFare no ike no ukinunaFa kurusiki mono Fa yo ni koso arikere | Untruths Told as at Iware Pond Floating water-shields Twine—how filled with pain Is this world! |
Anonymous
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SIS XII: 734
KKS XVII: 922
Kinkai wakashū 716
Composed when I heard that someone had died with the dawn, even though I had not heard they had been ill for several days.
聞きてしもおどろくべきにあらねどもはかなき夢の世にこそ有りけれ
| kikiteshi mo odorokubeki ni aranedomo hakanaki yume no yo ni koso arikere | When I heard the news Especially startled I was not, yet A fleeting dream This world truly is! |
716
Kinkai wakashū 713
Kinkai wakashū 712
うつつともゆめともしらぬ世にしあればありとてありとたのむべき身か
| utsutsu tomo yume tomo shiranu yo ni shi areba ari tote ari to tanomubeki mi ka | Whether ‘tis reality Or dream, I know not of This world, so Do I live? Is that something Upon which to rely?[i] |
712
[i] See: Topic unknown. 世の中は夢か現か現とも夢とも知らずありてなければ yo no naka wa / yume ka utsutsu ka / utsutsu tomo / yume tomo shirazu / arite nakereba ‘Is this world of ours / A dream? Or is it real? / If it be real, / Or dream, I know not; / Here, and yet not, so…’ Anonymous (Kokinshū XVIII: 942)
Kinkai wakashū 709
Cherry.
うつ蝉の世はゆめなれやさくらばなさきてはちりぬあはれいつまで
| utsusemi no yo wa yume nare ya sakurabana sakite wa chirinu aware itsu made | Were this cicada shell World a dream to be, then Would the cherry blossom, Bloom and then scatter? How long will such sorrow last?[i] |
[i] See: Topic unknown. うつせみの世にも似たるか花ざくらさくと見しまにかつちりにけり utsusemi no / yo ni mo nitaru ka / hanazakura / saku to mishi ma ni / katsu chirinikeri ‘This cicada-shell / World do you resemble, / O, cherry blossom? / The moment that I see you bloom / Have you already scattered.’ Anonymous (Kokinshū II: 73)
Kinkai wakashū 689
歎きわび世をそむくべきかたしらずよしののおくも住みうしといへり
| nagekiwabi yo o somukubeki kata shirazu yoshino no oku mo sumi’ushi to ieri | Griving and sorrowing, From this world to withdraw, I have no way, for In the depths of Yoshino To dwell is hard, they say. [i] |
689
[i] See: Topic unknown. みよしのの山のあなたにやどもがな世のうき時のかくれがにせむ miyoshino no / yama no anata ni / yado mogana / yo no uki toki no / kakurega ni semu ‘On Yoshino / Mountain’s yonder side / I would there were a house! / For when I do despise the world / There would I hide away!’ Anonymous (Kokinshū XVIII: 950)
Kinkai wakashū 687
Among my miscellaneous poems
世にふればうきことの葉の数ごとにたえず涙の露ぞおきける
| yo ni fureba uki koto no ha no kazu goto ni taezu namida no tsuyu zo okikeru | Living in this world, My words of grief Number the same as My ceaseless tears, Falling as dewdrops.[i] |
687
[i] See: Topic unknown. よにふればうさこそまされみ吉野の岩のかけ道ふみならしてむ yo ni fureba / usa koso masare / miyoshino no / iwa no kakemichi / fuminarashitemu ‘Living in this world / Brings only an excess of grief; / Upon fair Yoshino’s / Steep and rocky trails / Would I set my feet.’ Anonymous (Kokinshū XVIII: 951)
SIS XX: 1281
The year after his son Fukutari had died after planting some sweet-flags in the stream of their garden, when he saw them growing up.
しのべとやあやめもしらぬ心にもながからぬよのうきにうゑけん
| sinobe to ya ayame mo siranu kokoro ni mo nagakaranu yo no uki ni uweken | That I would remember him The sweet flags, too, know not, but In their hearts, as well, I wonder, That he was not long in this world, Has a seed of sorrow been planted? |
The Awata Minister of the Right
