Old Folk.
いづこにかみをばよせましよのなかにおいをいとはぬ人しなければ
izuko ni ka mi oba yosemashi yo no naka ni oi o itowanu hito shi nakareba Somewhere
Old Folk.
すかがみそこなるかげにむかひゐてみるときにこそしらぬおきなにあふここちすれ
masukagami soko naru kage ni mukai’ite miru toki ni koso shiranu okina ni au kokochi ni sure In a clear glass
数ふるれば我が身に積もる年月を送り迎ふとなに急ぐらむ
kazourureba
When I count them up
Taira no Kanemori
新玉の年も暮れれば作りけむ罪も残らずなりやしぬらむ
aratama no
The bright jewel of
Taira no Kanemori
我が宿の菊の白露今日今日ごとにいく代たまりて淵となるらむ
wa ga yado no
At my dwelling,
Nakatsukasa
天の川扇の風に雲晴れて空澄みわたる鵲の橋
ama no kaFa
Upon the River of Heaven,
Kiyowara no Motosuke
This poem is also Wakan rōeishū 202.
On the 21st day of the Fifth Month Tenroku 4 [973], former emperor En’yū, who was then the sovereign, visited the Princess of the First Order [Shishi 資子] and, following a loss at a game with go counters, on the 7th day of the Seventh Month, the Princess had a fan wrapped in thin cloth and presented to the imperial pantry.
天の川河辺涼しき七夕に扇の風を猶やかさまし
ama no kaFa
On the River of Heaven’s
Nakatsukasa
This poem is also Wakan rōeishū 201.
Composed for a folding screen of the twelve months, during the Engi period.
夏はつる扇と秋の白露といづれかまづはおかむとすらん
natsu hatsuru With the end of summer
Mibu no Tadamine
This poem is also Wakan rōeishū 169.
夏山の峰の梢し高ければ空にぞ蟬の声も聞ゆる
natuyama no
Summer mountain
時鳥花橘の香を求めて鳴くは昔の人や恋しき
Fototogisu
O cuckoo,
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