Hotsprings 出湯
うきことも思ひさましてふるものをなどやいでゆのわきかへるらん
ukikoto mo
omoisamashite
furu mono o
nado ya ideyu no
wakikaeruran | Something sad
Struck me on waking;
‘Tis ancient, so
Why does the hotspring water
Always gush forth anew? |
Daishin
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
Hotsprings 出
わたつ海ははるけきものをいかにしてありまの山にしほゆいづらん
wata tsu umi wa
harukeki mono o
ika ni shite
arima no yama ni
shioyu izuran | The broad sea sweep
Lies far away, so
Why is it that
On Arima Mountain
A salty hotspring should bubble forth? |
Kanemasa
Hotsprings 出湯
なげきのみありまの山にいづるゆのからくてよにもふる我が身かな
nageki nomi
arima no yama ni
izuru yu no
karakute yo ni mo
furu wa ga mi kana | Simply sad on
Arima Mountain;
In the bubbling hotspring
At last, grown
Old have I! |
Tadafusa
Hotsprings 出湯
みくまののゆごりのまつをさすさをのひろひ行くらんかくていとなし
mikumano no
yugori no matsu o
sasu sao no
hiroiyukuran
kakute itonashi | In fair Kumano
The pine trees take the waters –
Thrusting boat-poles in
As in a stately promenade:
How busy they are! |
Toshiyori
Hotsprings 出湯
ましららのはまの走湯うらさびていまはみゆきのかげもうつらず
mashirara no
hama no hashiriyu
urasabite
ima wa miyuki no
kage mo utsurazu | At fair Shirara
Strand the gushing hotsprings
Are downcast, for
Now, of an imperial visit
Not even a trace shines forth… |
Nakazane
Hotsprings 出湯
よとともにしたにたく火はなけれども島ねのみゆはさむるよもなし
yo to tomo ni
shita ni taku hi wa
nakeredomo
shimane no miyu wa
samuru yo mo nashi | With the coming of the night
Kindled flames below
Are there none, yet
In Shimane with the hotsprings
The nights hold no chill at all! |
Akinaka
Stars 星
あまつ空夕の星のよそにても恋しき人をみるよしもがな
ama tsu sora
yū no hoshi no
yoso nite mo
koishiki hito o
miru yoshi mo gana | In the sky-spanning heavens
The evening stars are
So far away;
If only my darling
I could, somehow, see! |
Daishin
Stars 星
我ひとりかまくら山をこえゆけばほし月夜こそうれしかりけれ
ware hitori
kamakurayama o
koeyukeba
hoshizukiyo koso
ureshikarikere | When alone I,
Over dim Mount Kamakura
Do make my way,
A starlit night
Is most pleasant, indeed! |
Higo
Stars 星
ひこぼしの心も空にはつ秋の七日の夜をやこひしかるらん
hikoboshi no
kokoro mo sora ni
hatsu’aki no
nanuka no yo o ya
koishikaruran | Does the Herd Boy’s
Heart within the skies
Find early autumn’s
Seventh night
The most dear of all? |
Kanemasa
'Simply moving and elegant'