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五月こばなきもふりなん郭公まだしきほどのこゑをきかばや
| satuki koba naki mo Furinan Fototogisu madasiki Fodo no kowe wo kikaba ya | If the Fifth month comes, Even your song will pall, Cuckoo. But while it’s fresh Could I hear your voice? |
Lady Ise
伊勢
Category Archives: Imperial Anthologies
KKS III: 137
KKS III: 135
KKS III: 136
Composed looking at a cherry tree, blooming in the Fourth Month.
あはれてふ事をあまたにやらじとや春におくれてひとりさくらむ
| aFare teFu koto wo amata ni yarazi to ya Faru ni wokurete Fitori sakuran |
‘How moving!’ Should those oft repeated words Not go to the others? Left behind by Spring, This single blooming cherry. |
Ki no Toshisada
KKS II: 125
KKS II: 76
KKS II: 134
A poem on the end of spring from a poetry contest held by Retired Emperor Uda.
けふのみと春をおもはぬ時だにも立つことやすき花のかげかは
| keFu nomi to Faru wo omoFanu toki dani mo tatu koto yasuki Fana no kage ka Fa |
“Only today is left Of spring” goes unthought- Even at such a time, Is it easy to part from The blossoms’ shade? |
Ōshikōchi no Mitsune
凡河内躬恒
KKS II: 133
On a day at the end of the Third Month when it was raining, he plucked a spray of wisteria blossom and sent it to someone.
ぬれつつぞしひてをりつる年の内に春はいくかもあらじと思へば
| nuretutu zo siFite worituru tosi no uti ni Faru Fa ikukamo arazi to omoFeba |
Soaked through, and Heedless of it, I plucked this: For this year Spring, is all but Gone: or so I felt. |
Ariwara no Narihira
在原業平
KKS II: 132
Composed when he saw women returning from picking flowers on a day at the end of the Third Month.
とどむべき物とはなしにはかなくもちる花ごとにたぐふこころか
| todomubeki mono to Fa nasi ni Fakanaku mo tiru Fana goto ni taguFu kokoro ka |
That would halt them There is nothing, yet How hopelessly To every scattered flower My heart is drawn. |
Ōshikōchi no Mitsune
凡河内躬恒
KKS II: 131
A poem composed for a poetry contest held by Her Majesty, the Empress, during the Kanpyō period.
こゑたえずなけやうぐひすひととせにふたたびとだにくべき春かは
| kowe taezu nake ya uguFisu Fitotose ni Futatabi to dani kubeki Faru ka Fa |
Voice weakening- Sing on, bush warbler! In a single year, Oh, that twice over Spring would come upon us! |
Fujiwara no Okikaze
藤原興風