Right
ことならばくもゐの月となりななむこひしきかげやそらにみゆると
koto naraba
kumoi no tsuki to
nari na namu
koishiki kage ya
sora ni miyuru to | Should that be the case, then
Above the clouds, the moon
I would you become, that
Your beloved light
I would behold within the skies… |
Nakatsukasa
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人ならばまててふべきをほととぎすふたこゑとだにきかですぎぬる
hito naraba
mate chōbeki o
hototogisu
futa koe to dani
kikade suginuru | Were you a man,
‘Wait!’ is what I’d tell you,
O, cuckoo!
For without even a second call
For me to hear have you passed by. |
Fujiwara no Motozane
Left.
夏草のなかを露けみかき分けて刈る人なしにしげる野辺かな
natu kusa no
naka o tuyukemi
kakiwakete
karu Fito nasi ni
sigeru nobe kana |
The summer grasses
Midst is dew-drenched;
Forging through,
With no one to reap them
This meadow is lush, indeed! |
Tadami
Right.
夏ふかくなりぞしにけるおほあらきの杜の下草なべて人かる
natu Fukaku
nari zo sinikeru
oFoaraki no
mori no sitagusa
nabete Fito karu |
Deep within the summer
It is now:
At Ōaraki
In the sacred groves, the undergrowth
Is arrayed for men to reap it! |
Kanemori
'Simply moving and elegant'
