塩がまのうらふく風に秋たけてまがきの島に月かたぶきぬ
shiogama no
ura fuku kaze ni
aki takete
magaki no shima ni
tsuki katabukinu | At Shiogama,
The breeze gusting ‘cross the shore
Marks the end of autumn, as
Over Magaki Isle
The moon does set. |
すまのあまの袖ふきかへす塩風にうらみてふくる秋のよの月
suma no ama no
sode fukikaesu
shiokaze ni
uramite fukuru
aki no yo no tsuki | Fisherfolk at Suma
Have sleeves blown inside out
By the tidewind—
O, how I dislike the waning
Of the moon this autumn night… |
いせのうみや浪にたけたる秋のよの有明の月に松風ぞふく
ise no umi ya
nami ni taketaru
aki no yo no
ariake no tsuki ni
matsukaze zo fuku | At the sea at Ise
Sluggishly upon the waves
On an autumn night
Shines the dawntime moon while
The wind gusts through the pines! |
The moon by the sea
たまさかにみる物にもがいせのうみの清きなぎさの秋のよの月
tamasaka ni
miru mono ni mo ga
ise no umi no
kiyoki nagisa no
aki no yo no tsuki | Once in a while
‘Tis something I would glimpse:
Above the sea at Ise,
Calm and clear,
The moon on an autumn night… |
Gazing at the moon from my bed
草の庵にひとりながめて年もへぬ友なき山の秋のよの月
kusa no io ni
hitori nagamete
toshi mo henu
tomo naki yama no
aki no yo no tsuki | In a hut of thatch,
Alone, I gaze,
Through the passing years
At a lonely mountain lit
By the moon on autumn nights… |
あまのはらふりさけみれば月きよみ秋のよいたくふけにけるかな
ama no hara
furisake mireba
tsuki kiyomi
aki no yo itaku
fukenikeru kana | When upon the plain of Heaven,
Upwards, I turn my gaze,
Pure is the moon
On this autumn night so
Late it is! |
むかしおもふ秋のね覚の床のうへにほのかにかよふ峰の松風
mukashi omou
aki no nezame no
toko no ue ni
honoka ni kayou
mine no matsukaze | Thoughts of bygone days
In autumn rouse me from my sleep
Across my bed
Flows faintly
The pine-wind off the peaks… |
On the evening autumn breeze
秋ならでただ大かたの風のおとも夕べはことにかなしきものを
aki narade
tada ōkata no
kaze no oto mo
yūbe wa koto ni
kanashiki mono o | ’Tis not only in the autumn, but
The simple, commonplace
Sound of wind
In the evening is truly
A sad thing, indeed… |
Composed on an autumn evening
大かたに物おもふとしもなかりけりただ我がための秋の夕ぐれ
ōkata ni
mono’omou to shimo
nakarikeri
tada wa ga tame no
aki no yūgure | Just passing
Gloomy thoughts
I do not have;
Simply for my sake
Falls this autumn evening… |
Saying I was passing by the sea.
ながめやる心もたへぬわたのはら八重のしほぢの秋の夕暮
nagameyaru
kokoro mo taenu
wata no hara
yae no shioji no
aki no yūgure | Gazing out,
My feelings fail to last,
Across the wide seascape
Eightfold are the tideways
On an autumn evening… |
'Simply moving and elegant'
