Composed at his hut in the mountains, after becoming a monk.
山里は庭の梢の音待ても世をすさみたる景色なるかな
| yamazato wa niwa no kozue no oto matemo yo o susamitaru keshiki kana |
In a mountain dwelling, From the treetops in the grounds I await a sound, yet How awful I feel is the world Laid before me… |
Saigyō
西行
Composed at the time a hundred poem sequence was presented, during the reign of former Emperor Horikawa.
山里は淋しかりけり木枯らしの吹く夕暮の日暮の声
| yamazato Fa sabisikarikeri kogarasi no Fuku yuFugure no Figurasi no kowe |
A mountain dwelling Seems lonely: When the chill winter wind Blows on an evening with The sunset cicadas’ song… |
Fujiwara no Nakazane
藤原仲実
山里の嵐に迷ふ柞原袂にかけて見るぞうれしき
| yamazato no arashi ni mayou hahasowara tamoto ni kakete miru zo ureshiki |
At a mountain dwelling Whipped into confusion by the storm, The oaks Do cling upon my sleeves – A pleasant sight to see! |
Minamoto no Akinaka
源顕仲
山里の葎の垣に這ふ蔦の色にて秋の深きをぞ知る
| yamazato no mugura no kaki ni hau tsuta no iro nite aki no fukaki wo zo shiru |
Upon this moutain hut’s Weed-tangled fence Trails ivy: Its hue autumn’s Depth does reveal! |
Higo
京極関白家肥後
世の中を後になせる山里にまづさし向かふ夕顔の花
| yo no naka o ushiro ni naseru yamazato ni mazu sashimukau yūgao no hana |
The everyday world I put behind me At a mountain dwelling where First crawl in Moonflowers… |
Minamoto no Yorimasa
源頼政
新玉の年ふりつもる山里に雪あかれぬは我が身なりけり
| aratama no tosi Furitumoru yamazato ni yuki akarenu Fa wa ga mi narikeri |
Fresh-jewelled The years arrive and pile upon My mountain home; Unsurfeited with snow Am I! |