もののふのやそうぢ川を行く水のながれてはやきとしのくれかな
mononofu no
yaso ujigawa o
yuku mizu no
nagararete hayaki
toshi kure kana | As warriors’
Arrows the Uji River’s
Rushing waters
Flow so fast—
As the ending of the year! |
400
百足らず八十隈坂に手向けせば過ぎにし人にけだし逢はむかも
momo tarazu
yaso kumasaka ni
tamukeseba
suginisi pito ni
kedasi apamu kamo | Not reaching one hundred are
The eighty crannies of this hill, where
When I make my offerings
He who is gone
I may meet once more. |
Osakabe no Tarimaro
'Simply moving and elegant'
