Ancient Estates 故郷
よもぎ分けたづねぞきぬる古郷は花たちばなのかをしるべにて
yomogi wake
tazune zo kinuru
furusato wa
hanatachibana no
ka o shirube nite | Forging through the mugwort
To visit have I come
To this ancient estate, with
Orange blossom’s
Scent as my guide… |
Daishin
Ancient Estates 故郷
むぐらはひよもぎがそまとあれはててふりにし里は人かげもせず
mugurahai
yomogi ga soma to
arehatete
furinishi sato wa
hitokage mo sezu | Creepers crawl around
The mugwort and brushwood
Desolate and wild;
At this aged estate
There is no trace of anyone, at all. |
Higo
Ancient Estates 故郷
さほどののさかゆるみればかげふれて古郷とこそおぼえざりけれ
saodono no
sakayuru mireba
kage furete
furusato to koso
oboezarikere | When Sao Hall
I shining see,
As the shadows fall
That it is an ancient estate
I do not feel at all… |
Kanemasa
Ancient Estates 故郷
よとともにまさりがほなき身にしあれば古郷人に見えまうきかな
yo to tomo ni
masarigaonaki
mi ni shi areba
furusatobito ni
miemauki kana | As the world goes by
Diminished prospects
Have been my lot, so
She, who dwells in that ancient estate,
Is hard to meet, indeed! |
Tadafusa
Ancient Estates 故郷
たが宿としらねどかなしふる郷のほどはかきねに見えしわたれば
ta ga yado to
shiranedo kanashi
furusato no
hodo wa kakine ni
mieshi watareba | Whose lodging this is
I know not – ‘tis sad;
How ancient this estate
Its brushwood fence
Revealed as I passed by… |
Toshiyori
Ancient Estates 故郷
さしながらまだをののえはくちなくにまがきもねやもあらぬ里かな
sashinagara
mada ono no e wa
kuchinaku ni
magaki mo neya mo
aranu sato kana | Not entirely
Yet has my axe handle
Rotted, but
No fence or bedchamber
Has this estate! |
Nakazane
Ancient Estates 故郷
八重むぐらへだてつつふる故郷にいづくぞとだにとふ人もなし
yaemugura
hedatetsutsu furu
furusato ni
izuku zo to dani
tou hito mo nashi | With eightfold layers of tangled creepers
Interfering, of the old,
Ancient estate
Not even where it lies
Is asked by anyone at all. |
Akinaka
'Simply moving and elegant'