Left. Spring
あら玉の年もかはらぬふるさとの雪のうちにも春はきにけり
aratama no
toshi mo kawaranu
furusato no
yuki no uchi ni mo
haru wa kinikeri |
To the fresh jeweled
Year the change has yet to come, yet
Around my familiar home
Even within the snows
The spring is here! |
1
Ninnaji gojūshu, Kenkyū 1 [1190]
Right
冬ながら花ちる空のかすめるは雲のこなたに春やきつらむ
fuyu nagara
hana chiru sora no
kasumeru wa
kumo no konata ni
haru ya kitsuramu |
It’s winter now, yet
Are the blossom-scattering skies
Hazed
Beneath the clouds by
The arrival of spring, perhaps? |
2
甲斐無くて月日はふれど年暮れて仏の御名を聞くぞうれしき
kainakute
tsukihi wa furedo
toshi kurete
hotoke no mina o
kiku zo ureshiki |
Pointlessly
The days and months go by, yet
At year’s twilight
The Buddhas’ names
I hear with joy! |
年のうちに積もれる罪も消えぬらむ三世の仏の御名を唱へて
toshi no uchi ni
tsumoreru tsumi mo
kienuramu
miyo no hotoke no
mina o tonaete |
Within the year
Our accumulated sins, too,
Seem to disappear
At the three worlds’ Buddhas’
Names recitation! |
Minamoto no Nakazane
源仲実
Left.
年のうちにつもれる罪を残さじと三世の仏の名をぞ唱ふる
toshi no uchi ni
tsumoreru tsumi o
nokosaji to
miyo no hotoke no
na o zo tonauru |
Within this year
I have accumulated sins, that
I would not have linger at
The three worlds’ Buddhas’
Names recitation! |
Seji 宣旨
19
Right.
君が代を三世の仏に年を経て返す返すも祈るべき哉
kimi ga yo o
miyo no hotoke ni
toshi o hete
kaesugaesu mo
inorubeki kana |
That Your Highness reign
The three worlds’ Buddhas’
Years shall pass through
Again and yet again
Shall be my only prayer! |
Hyōe 兵衛
20
新玉の年も暮れれば作りけむ罪も残らずなりやしぬらむ
aratama no
toshi mo kurureba
tsukurikemu
tsumi mo nokorazu
nari ya shinuramu |
The bright jewel of
The year fades into dusk, and
Let the sins I have committed,
All be gone –
O, I would that it were so… |
Taira no Kanemori
平兼盛
年のうちに積もれる罪はかきくらし降る白雪とともに消えなむ
tosi no uti ni
tumoreru tumi Fa
kakikurasi
Furu sirayuki to
tomo ni kienamu |
Within the year
My accumulated sins
Leave me in darkness;
With the falling snow so white
I wish they would disappear! |
Ki no Tsurayuki
紀貫之
Sent around the end of the Twelfth Month from the province of Bizen to the residence of the Controller of Dewa.
都へは年と共にぞ歸るべきやがて春をもむかへがてらに
miyako Fe Fa
tosi to tomo ni zo
kaFerubeki
yagate Faru wo mo
mukaFe gatera ni |
To the capital
Along with the year
I must return;
At last, with the spring
Shall I proceed together! |
Minamoto no Tameyoshi
源為善
幾返り今日のみあれに葵草頼みをかけて年の経ぬらむ
iku kaFeri
keFu nomi are ni
aFuFigusa
tanomi wo kakete
tosi no Fenuramu |
How many times has it been?
For this festive day
Hollyhocks,
For prayers hung, and
The passage of another year marked… |
Fujiwara no Sanekata
年を経て今日翳しくる葵草神に頼みをかくるしるしか
toshi o hete
kyō kazashikuru
aoigusa
kami ni tanomi o
kakuru shirushi ka |
A year has gone by, and
Today, all come garlanded with
Hollyhocks;
To the Gods, a secret
Prayer made manifest, perhaps? |
Composed on seeming like the cool of an autumn evening at Lord Toshitsuna’s house.
夏山の楢の葉そよぐ夕暮はことしも秋の心地こそすれ
natuyama no
nara no Fa soyogu
yuFugure Fa
kotosi mo aki no
kokoti koso sure |
In the summer mountains
The oak leaves whisper softly
With the evening:
This year, too, autumn
Feels upon me… |
Minamoto no Yoritsuna (1025-1097)
源頼綱
'Simply moving and elegant'