Lingering Heat (残暑)
秋風の荻の葉はわくるおとはしてまだころもでのあつくも有るかな
akikaze no
ogi no ha wakuru
oto wa shite
mada koromode no
atsuku mo aru kana | The autumn breeze
Parting fronds of silver grass
I hear;
Yet my sleeves
Are heavy with heat… |
Higo
Lingering Heat (残暑)
かたみにはあつさばかりを残しおきて秋にもあはむ夏はいぬめり
katami ni wa
atsusa bakari o
nokoshiokite
aki ni mo awamu
natsu wa inumeri | For a keepsake
Just the heat
Has been left behind;
Might I meet with autumn,
As summer seems to leave… |
Kanemasa
源兼昌
'Simply moving and elegant'