Composed on the conception of being buried in frosty fallen leaves.
落ちつもる庭の木の葉を夜のほどにはらひてけりと見する朝霜
otitumoru
niwa no ko no Fa wo
yo no hodo ni
FaraFitekeri to
misuru asasimo | Fallen, piled high at
My estate, the leaves from the trees
Within the space of a single night
Have been swept away,
It seems, by the morning frost. |
Anonymous
Composed on the conception of leaves falling in the rain.
木の葉散る宿は聞き分くかたぞなき時雨する夜も時雨せぬ夜も
ko no Fa chiru
yado Fa kikiwaku
kata zo naki
siguresuru yo mo
siguresenu yo mo | Leaves falling from the trees
At my house: listening, I
Have no way to tell between
Nights when showers fall, and
Nights when showers fall not… |
Minamoto no Yorizane
A poem from Hitachi.
つくばねの峰のもみぢ葉落ちつもり知るも知らぬもなべてかなしも
tukubane no
mine no momidiba
otitumori
siru mo siranu mo
nabete kanasi mo | On Tsukuba Mountain’s
High peak, the scarlet leaves
Have fallen, piled high
Knowing it, or knowing not
All is sad, just the same. |
Anonymous
しぐれの雨木の葉ばかりを染めくればかづきし袖は色もかはらず
shigure no ame
ko no ha bakari o
somekureba
kazukishi sode wa
iro mo kawarazu | Showers of rain
Simply, the trees’ leaves
Do dye, so
My drenched sleeves
Hue remains unchanged. |
Ryūgen
木の葉のみちるかとおもひし時雨には涙もあへぬ物にぞ有りける
ko no ha nomi
chiru ka to omoishi
shigure ni wa
namida mo aenu
mono ni zo arikeru | ‘Do the trees’ leaves simply
Fall?’ I wondered;
The showers
Fail to match my tears
At the thought. |
Toshiyori
Topic unknown.
神な月時雨とともにかみなびのもりのこのははふりにこそふれ
kaminazuki
shigure to tomo ni
kaminabi no
mori no ko no ha wa
furini koso fure | In the Godless Month
Together with the showers
In the sacred
Groves the leaves from the trees
Have truly fallen, every one. |
Anonymous
Composed on plovers.
沖つ潮指出の磯の浜千鳥風寒からし夜半に友呼ぶ
oki tsu shio
sashide no iso no
hama chidori
kaze samukarashi
yowa ni tomo yobu | From the offing the tides
Strike the shore at Sashide;
On the beach plovers,
Chilled by the wind
Call for their mates at midnight. |
Supernumerary Middle Counsellor [Fujiwara no] Nagakata (1139-1191)
藤原長方
Topic unknown.
あしがものさわぐ入江の白浪のしらずや人をかくこひむとは
asigamo no
sawagu irie no
siranami no
sirazu ya Fito wo
kaku koFimu to Fa | Among the reed-beds ducks
Cry noisily with the inlet washed
By whitecaps:
I never expected that
I would love her so… |
Anonymous
Topic unknown
冬の池の鴨のうはげにおくしものきえて物思ふころにもあるかな
Fuyu no ike no
kamo no uFage ni
oku simo no
kiete mono’omoFu
koro ni mo aru kana | At a pond in winter
Upon the ducks’ down
Falls frost; it
Vanishes and gloom
Takes all my time! |
Anonymous
A poem by Prince Yuhara, when he was in Yoshino.
吉野なる菜摘の川の川淀に鴨ぞ鳴くなる山蔭にして
yosino naru
natumi no kapa no
kapa yodo ni
kamo zo nakunaru
yama kage ni site | In Yoshino
From the River Natsumi’s
Deep, still pools
The ducks cry
In the mountains’ shade. |
Prince Yuhara
'Simply moving and elegant'
