Flutes 笛
まきの戸をあけがたにても笛竹のこちくの声ぞ人だのめなる
maki no to o
akegata nite mo
fuetake no
kochiku no koe zo
hito danomenaru | By my door of cedar wood
At the edge of dawn
A bamboo
Flute’s notes denote
A trustworthy man, indeed![1] |
Daishin
[1] An allusive variation on Kintō-shū 511.
Flutes 笛
此さとに神楽やすらん笛の音のさ夜ふけがたにきこゆなりけり
kono sato ni
kagura ya suran
fue no ne no
sayo fukegata ni
kikoyu narikeri | At this hamlet,
I wonder, is there sacred dance?
For a flute’s notes
At brief night’s breaking
Do I hear. |
Higo
Flutes 笛
波の音にたぐへてぞ聞く住の江の汀にて吹くこま笛の声
nami no oto
taguete zo kiku
suminoe no
migiwa nite fuku
komabue no koe | The sound of waves
Blended, do I hear,
At Suminoe
By the water’s edge, with
The notes of a foreign flute. |
Kanemasa
Flutes 笛
ことわりや宿につくりし竹なれば笛のねにてもそめるなりけり
kotowari ya
yado ni tsukurishi
take nareba
fue no ne nite mo
someru narikeri | How natural it is—that
My house was built
Of bamboo, so
The strains of a flute
Have dyed it! |
Tadafusa
Flutes 笛
青竹を雲のうへ人ふきたてて春のうぐひすさへづらすなり
aotake o
kumo no uebito
fukitatete
haru no uguisu
saezurasunari | The famed flute, Aotake, by
One above the clouds
Is played and
In spring, the warblers
Are inspired to song. |
Toshiyori
Flutes 笛
吹きたつる笛のしらべの声きけばのどけきちりもあらじとぞおもふ
fukitatsuru
fue no shirabe no
koe kikeba
nodokeki chiri mo
araji to zo omou | When, soaring,
A flute’s melodious
Notes I hear,
Leisurely lacks
Have they none, I feel. |
Nakazane
Flutes 笛
笛竹のよをさへ月やてらすらん空にも声のすみのぼるかな
fuetake no
yo o sae tsuki ya
terasuran
sora ni mo koe no
suminoboru kana | Is it the flute that
Tonight does make the moon
Seem to shine so bright?
Into the sky its notes
So clearly climb! |
Akinaka
Next Door 隣
中がきにおふる草木のはをしげみ夏ぞとなりはうとく成りける
nakagaki ni
ouru kusaki no
ha o shigemi
natsu zo tonari wa
utoku narikeru | The fence between is
Overgrown with plants with
Leaves so lush, that
In summer, next door
Seems far away, indeed! |
Daishin
Next Door 隣
もろともにまぢかきほどにすまひしていざ垣ごしに物語せん
morotomo ni
majikaki hodo ni
sumaishite
iza kakigoshi ni
monogatarisen | Together
Cheek by jowl
We live,
So, through the fence gap
Do we chat together! |
Higo
Next Door 隣
隣よりあし火のけぶりもれきつつたかぬさとにもすすたりぬべし
tonari yori
ashibi no keburi
morekitsutsu
takanu sato ni mo
susu tarinubeshi | From next door
The smoke from reed-torches is
Always flooding across, so
Even my home where we light them not
Has soot aplenty! |
Kanemasa
'Simply moving and elegant'