陸奥のしのぶもぢずり誰ゆへに亂れ染めにし我ならなくに
michinoku no
shinobu mojizuri
tare yue ni
midaresomenishi
ware naranakuni |
Michinoku’s
Shinobu-pattern dyes:
For whom
Did this confusion start?
For it was not for I… |
伊勢物語
くれがたき夏のひぐらしながむればそのこととなく物ぞ悲しき
kuregataki
natsu no higurashi
nagamureba
sono koto to naku
mono zo kanashiki |
How hard to see the passing
Of Summer cicadas;
I turn my gaze upon them, and
When they are gone
All is sadness |
Ise monogatari
伊勢物語
'Simply moving and elegant'