Ancient Estates 故郷
八重むぐらへだてつつふる故郷にいづくぞとだにとふ人もなし
yaemugura
hedatetsutsu furu
furusato ni
izuku zo to dani
tou hito mo nashi | With eightfold layers of tangled creepers
Interfering, of the old,
Ancient estate
Not even where it lies
Is asked by anyone at all. |
Akinaka
Ponds 池
酌みてしる人もあらじなおもふこといはれの池のいひし出でねば
kumite shiru
hito mo araji na
omou koto
iware no ike no
iishi ideneba | Understanding by cupping water –
There is no one who might do that!
For to feelings
Has Iware Pond
Never given voice… |
Daishin
すべらぎのながゐの池は水すみてのどかにちよのかげぞ見えける
suberagi no
nagai no ike wa
mizu sumite
nodoka ni chiyo no
kage zo miekeru | Our Sovereign’s
Nagai Pond has
Water so clear, that
In peaceful calm a thousand generations
Shape is revealed. |
Higo
Ponds 池
吹く風にみくさかたよる池水はなかばくもれるかがみなりけり
fuku kaze ni
mikusa katayoru
ikemizu wa
nakaba kumoreru
kagami narikeri | With the gusting wind
The waterweeds trail through
The pondwater, turning
What lies within into a clouded
Mirror. |
Kanemasa
Ponds 池
いせならばひがごとぞとやおもはまし山となるてふみまさかの池
ise naraba
higagoto zo to ya
omowamashi
yama to naru chō
mimasaka no ike | Is an imitation
Something so wrong
I would wonder;
For into mountains have turned
The ponds of Mimasaka! |
Tadafusa
Ponds 池
世にわびて波たちまちにすぐなれどあその御池にぬさたてまつる
yo ni wabite
nami tachimachi ni
sugu naredo
aso no mi’ike ni
nusa tatematsuru | All the world’s troubles
In sudden waves
Arise, yet
At the fair pond of Aso
Will I make an offering… |
Toshiyori
'Simply moving and elegant'