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をしめども春の限のけふの又ゆふぐれにさへなりにけるかな
wosimedomo
Faru no kagiri no
keFu no mata
yuFugure ni sae
narinikeru kana | I regret it, yet
The limit of spring has come
Today, once more
Evening, truly
Has arrived! |
Anonymous
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ねられぬをしひてわがぬる春の夜の夢をうつつになすよしもがな
nerarenu o
shiFite wa ga nuru
Faru no yo no
yume o ututu ni
nasu yosi mogana | Unable to sleep
I force myself to bed;
A spring night’s
Dream into reality
Might thus be turned! |
Anonymous
Sent to a woman.
春の日のながき思ひはわすれじを人の心に秋やたつらむ
Faru no Fi no
nagaki omoFi Fa
wasuredi wo
Fito no kokoro ni
aki ya taturamu | Springtime’s days
Of lengthy passion
I will not forget, but
Within my lady’s heart
Has sated autumn arisen, perhaps? |
Anonymous
The Night of the Fifteenth of the Eighth Month
月影はおなじひかりの秋のよをわきて見ゆるは心なりけり
tukikage Fa
onadi Fikari no
aki no yo wo
wakite miyuru Fa
kokoro narikeri | The moonlight is
The same brightness
On an autumn night, but
Considering, what sees it
Is the heart. |
Anonymous
The Night of the Fifteenth of the Eighth Month
いつとても月見ぬ秋はなきものをわきて今夜のめづらしきかな
itu tote mo
tuki minu aki Fa
naki mono wo
wakite koyoFi no
medurasiki kana | When is there
An autumn without gazing on the moon?
Never, but
On considering, tonight
It is rare, indeed! |
Fujiwara no Masatada
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しののめにあかで別れした本をぞつゆやわけしと人はとがむる
sinonome ni
akade wakaresi
tamoto wo zo
tuyu ya wakesi to
Fito Fa togamuru | At the dawn
Still unsated, did we part-
Was it that your sleeves
Pressed through the dew?
That left you weighing on my mind… |
Anonymous
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
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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
Her reply
浪のうへに跡やは見ゆる水鳥のうきてへぬらん年はかずかは
nami no uFe ni
ato ya Fa miyuru
midutori no
ukite Fenuran
tosi Fa kazu ka Fa | Upon the waves
Can you see tracks?
The waterbirds
Drift and passed by have
The years, but so what? |
Anonymous
Sent to a lady with whom he had simply been exchanging letters for some years.
水鳥のはかなきあとに年をへてかよふばかりのえにこそ有りけれ
midutori no
hakanaki ato ni
tosi wo Fete
kayoFu bakari no
e ni koso arikere | Waterbirds leave
But transient traces as
The years go by—
This simple back-and-forth is
All we truly have! |
Anonymous
'Simply moving and elegant'
