Composed in Nara, when an acolyte named Jijū threw away his life in the Izumi River.
何事の深き思ひに泉川そこの玉もと沈み果てけん
nanigoto no
Fukaki omoFi ni
idumigaFa
soko no tamamoto
sidumiFateken |
With what
Depth of feeling
To Izumi River’s
Bed with the gemweed
Did you sink at last? |
Bishop Hangen
僧都範玄
Composed on the conception of the beginning of winter at the time a hundred poem sequence was presented during the reign of Former Emperor Horikawa.
泉川水の水曲のふしづけに岩間の氷る冬は来にけり
idumigaFa
midu no miwada no
Fusiduke ni
iFama no koForu
Fuyu Fa kinikeri |
On the River Izumi
The water pools
Around the fish-traps,
Frozen between the rocks,
Winter has come, indeed. |
Fujiwara no Nakazane
藤原仲実
A poem about the provinces for the enthronement ceremony in Tenroku 1 [970]: The Izumi River.
泉河のどけき水のそこ見れば今年葉陰ぞすみまさりける
idumigaFa
nodokeki midu no
soko mireba
kotosi Fakage zo
sumimasarikeru |
At Izumi River
The peaceful waters’
Bed I see;
This year the shadows of the leaves
Are truly clear, indeed. |
Taira no Kanemori
平兼盛
泉川のどけき淵の陰見れば今年の秋ぞすみはじめける
idumigaFa
nodokeki Futi no
kage mireba
kotosi no aki zo
sumiFazimekeru |
Izumi River’s
Peaceful pools
In shadow do I see;
This year’s autumn is, indeed,
Drawing to an end. |
Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu
Topic unknown.
都いでて今日みかの原泉河かは風さむし衣かぜ山
miyako idete
keFu mika no Fara
idumigaFa
kaFakaze samusi
koromo kaseyama |
Departing the capital,
Today on Mika meadow,
From the River Izumi
Chill is the wind, indeed, so
Lend me your robe, O Kase Moutain! |
Anonymous
泉川渡り瀬深み我が背子が旅行き衣ひづちなむかも
idumigapa
watarise pukami
wa ga seko ga
tabi yukigoromo
pidutinamu kamo |
Upon the River Izumi,
The ford is deep, indeed;
My darling’s
Traveller’s robes
Never will stay dry! |
妹が門入り泉川の常滑にみ雪残れりいまだ冬かも
imo ga kado
iri idumigapa no
tokoname ni
miyuki nokoreri
imada puyu kamo |
My darling’s door
I enter; upon Izumi River’s
Rocks
Remains the snow,
As does winter yet… |
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Collection
柿本人麻呂歌集
狛山に鳴く霍公鳥泉川渡りを遠みここに通はず
komayama ni
naku pototogisu
idumigapa
watari o topomi
koko ni kayopazu |
Upon Mount Koma
Sings a cuckoo;
Izumi River’s
Distant span
Here he will never cross… |
Tanabe no Fukumaro Collection
田辺福麻呂歌集
泉川行く瀬の水の絶えばこそ大宮所移ろひ行かめ
idumigapa
yukuse no midu no
taeba koso
opomiya dokoro
utsuropiyukame |
Should the Izumi River’s
Rapid flowing waters
Ever cease,
The palace
Would be the one to move! |
Tanabe no Fukumaro Collection
田辺福麻呂歌集
Oaks 柞
うすくこく木木の梢はみゆれども柞の色の身にもしむかな
usuku koku
kigi no kozue wa
miyuredomo
hahaso no iro no
mi ni mo shimu kana | First faint, then clearly
The trees’ tops
Do I see, yet
It is the oaks’ hues
That pierce me most! |
Daishin
'Simply moving and elegant'