Hon’in sadaijin-ke uta’awase 02

Silver Grass

Left

ひとしれずおひぬものから花すすきなどかあきしもほにはいづらん

hito shirezu
oinu mono kara
hanasusuki
nado ka aki shimo
ho ni wa izuran
Unknown to all
Does grow
The silver grass, so
Why with the autumn frosts
Might the fronds emerge?

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Right

まねくかとみてたちよれば花すすきうちふくかぜになびくなりけり

maneku ka to
mite tachiyoreba
hanasusuki
uchifuku kaze ni
nabiku narikeri
Wondering at being beckoned,
I gazed, and then drew near to
The silver grass, but
The gusting wind
Was trailing ‘cross it!

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