沫雪 千里零敷 恋為来 食永我 見偲
あわゆきは ちへにふりしけ こひしくの けながきわれは みつつしのはむ
apayuki pa
tipe ni purisike
kopisiku no
kenagaki ware pa
mitutu sinopamu | Snow-spume
Falls all around in layers by the thousand,
Deeply in love
For many a day, I
Ever do I gaze on it, and think of you… |
The above poem appears in the Kakinomoto no hitomaro Collection.
A sedōka
蟋蟀之 吾床隔尓 鳴乍本名 起居管 君尓恋尓 宿不勝尓
こほろぎの あがとこのへに なきつつもとな おきゐつつ きみにこふるに いねかてなくに
koporogi no
a ga toko no pe ni
nakitutu mo to na
okiwitutu
kimi ni kopuru ni
inekatenaku ni | The crickets
By my bedside
Are ever crying!
Arising
My love for you
Keeps me from sleeping more… |
Anonymous
On blossom
草深三 蟋多 鳴屋前 芽子見公者 何時来益牟
くさふかみ こほろぎさはに なくやどの はぎみにきみは いつかきまさむ
kusa pukami
koporogi sapa ni
naku yado no
pagi mi ni kimi pa
ituka kimasamu | Deep within the grasses
So noisily the crickets
Cry around your house—
You gaze upon the bush clover, sir, but
When might you visit me? |
Anonymous
On crickets
蟋蟀之 待歓 秋夜乎 寐験無 枕与吾者
こほろぎの まちよろこぶる あきのよを ぬるしるしなし まくらとわれは
koporogi no
matiyorokoburu
aki no yo wo
nuru sirusi nasi
makura to ware pa | The crickets
Await with pleasure
An autumn night—
No point in sleeping then
For me and my pillow both… |
Anonymous
Composed on crickets
庭草尓 村雨落而 蟋蟀之 鳴音聞者 秋付尓家里
にはくさに むらさめふりて こほろぎの なくこゑきけば あきづきにけり
nipa kusa ni
murasame purite
koporogi no
naku kowe kikeba
akidukinikeri | Upon my garden’s grasses
A cloudburst falls, and
When the crickets’
Cries I hear,
How like autumn it is! |
Anonymous
Composed on crickets.
影草乃 生有屋外之 暮陰尓 鳴蟋蟀者 雖聞不足可聞
かげくさの おひたるやどの ゆふかげに なくこほろぎは きけどあかぬかも
kagekusa no
opitaru yado no
yupukage ni
naku koporogi pa
kikedo akanu kamo | Shading grasses
Grow at my house and
In the evening light
The crying crickets
I hear, yet never am fulfilled! |
Anonymous
Composed on crickets.
秋風之 寒吹奈倍 吾屋前之 浅茅之本尓 蟋蟀鳴毛
あきかぜの さむくふくなへ わがやどの あさぢがもとに こほろぎなくも
akikaze no
samuku puku nape
wa ga yado no
asadimoto ni
koporogi naku mo | The autumn wind
Blows chill, as
At my home,
From the roots of cogon grass
The crickets cry… |
Anonymous
A poem on crickets by Prince Yuhara.
暮月夜 心毛思努尓 白露乃 置此庭尓 蟋蟀鳴毛
ゆふづくよ こころもしのに しらつゆの おくこのにはに こほろぎなくも
yupu duku yo
kokoro mo sino ni
siratuyu no
oku kono nipa ni
koporogi naku mo | The evening moon
Does wrench my heart, as
Silver dewdrops
Fall upon the grounds and
The crickets cry… |
Gentian
りんだうの花の本こそさかりなれなべての秋はあさぢふのすゑ
rindō no
hana no moto koso
sakari nare
nabete no aki wa
asajū no sue | The gentian
Blooms’ roots
Grow lush, as
All of autumn lies
In the tips of tangled cogon grass… |
Teika
Created with Soan.
足引乃 山橘之 色出而 吾恋南雄 合難為名
asipiki no
yamatatibana no
iro ni idete
a pa kopinamu wo
apigatakusu na | As the leg-wearying mountain
Marlberry
Does my passionate hue reveal
That I love you—
O, don’t make it hard for us to meet! |
Anonymous
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