かきながすみくづになれるいきのををむすびとどむる世こそつらけれ
| kakinagasu mikuzu ni nareru iki no o o musubitodomuru yo koso tsurakere | Swept away as Flotsam is my sorry Thread of life, Tied tight about This, oh so cruel world! |
Akinaka
Tag Archives: world
Eikyū hyakushu 631
Cathay Folk 唐人
から国の人にとひてや我がごとく世にすみつかぬたぐひあるやと
| karaguni no hito ni toite ya wa ga gotoku yo ni sumitsukanu tagui aru ya to | Does the land of Cathay have Folk I could ask? ‘Is there one like me Dissatisfied with living in this world There, perchance?’ |
Daishin
Eikyū hyakushu 592
Waterweed 萍
かきやればたぎちながるるうき草も世をはやくして過ぎぬべらなり
| kakiyareba tagichi nagaruru ukikusa mo yo o hayakushite suginuberanari | Dragged this way and that, by Rapidly flowing races, For a waterweed, too, The world so swiftly Must pass by. |
Toshiyori
Eikyū hyakushu 559
Temples 寺
有為の世はけふかあすかのかねの音をあはれいつまできかんとすらん
| ui no yo wa kyō ka asu ka no kane no oto o aware itsu made kikan to suran | In this mundane world Today and tomorrow, too, The bell tolls on – How long will its melancholy I continue to hear? |
Kanemasa
Eikyū hyakushu 551
Ancient Estates 故郷
よとともにまさりがほなき身にしあれば古郷人に見えまうきかな
| yo to tomo ni masarigaonaki mi ni shi areba furusatobito ni miemauki kana | As the world goes by Diminished prospects Have been my lot, so She, who dwells in that ancient estate, Is hard to meet, indeed! |
Tadafusa
Eikyū hyakushu 543
Ponds 池
世にわびて波たちまちにすぐなれどあその御池にぬさたてまつる
| yo ni wabite nami tachimachi ni sugu naredo aso no mi’ike ni nusa tatematsuru | All the world’s troubles In sudden waves Arise, yet At the fair pond of Aso Will I make an offering… |
Toshiyori
Eikyū hyakushu 514
Stones 石
たのめなほ河せの砂としふりてまごふの石とならん世までに
| tanome nao kawase no isago toshi furite magō no ishi to naran yo made ni | Ever believe in me! Until The sand grains in the river rapids Grow old with passing years, and Over the ages their grandstones do Come into this world! |
Nakazane
Eikyū hyakushu 511
Hotsprings 出湯
世の人の恋のやまひの薬とや七くりのゆのわきかへるらん
| yo no hito no koi no yamai no kusuri to ya nanakuri no yu no wakikaeruran | For folk in this world Suffering love’s sickness, Can this be a remedy? At Nanakuri, the hotspring Always gushes forth anew! |
Higo
KKS II: 112
Topic unknown.
ちる花をなにかうら見む世中にわが身もともにあらむものか
| tiru Fana wo nani uramimu yo no naka ni wa ga mi mo tomo ni aramu mono ka | Why, the scattered blossom Should I despise? For in this mundane world Will I, too, with it Endure? |
Anonymous
KKS II: 98
Topic unknown.
花のごと世の常ならば過ぐしてし昔は又も帰りきなまし
| Fana no goto yo no tune naraba sugusitesi mukasi Fa mata mo kaFerikinamasi | Were the ever-cycling blossoms To be a model for this world, For the long-gone Past once more to Return – that’s what I would want. |
Anonymous