松浦なる玉島川に鮎釣ると立たせる子らが家道知らずも
| matura naru tamasima ni ayu turu to tataseru kora ga ipedi sirazu mo |
On Matsura’s Jewelled islets Catching sweetfish Stand many maidens: Their route home I do not know… |
Ōtomo no Tabito
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MYS V: 855
松浦川川の瀬光り鮎釣ると立たせる妹が裳の裾濡れぬ
| maturagapa kap no se pikari ayu turu to tataseru imo ga mo no suso nurenu |
“At Matsura River From the rushing waters shining Sweetfish I will catch,” So says my darling, standing there Her dress-hem drenched! |
Ōtomo no Tabito
Eikyū hyakushu 189
Cormorant Fishing on the River(鵜河)
大井河う舟にともすかがり火のかかる世にあふあゆぞはかなき
| ōigawa ubune ni tomosu kagaribi no kakaru se ni au ayu zo hakanaki | On the River Ōi The cormorant boats’ kindled Torches Reflect off the rushing rapids; What sorrow for the sweetfish! |
Daishin
Eikyū hyakushu 188
Cormorant Fishing on the River (鵜河)
かひのぼるう舟のなはのしげければせぶしのあゆの行かたやなき
| kainoboru ubune no nawa no shigekereba sebushi no ayu no yuku kata ya naki | Heading upstream The cormorant boats’ hawsers Are so many that Sweetfish through the rapids Have no path to take! |
Higo, from the Residence of the Kyōgoku Regent
MYS XIX: 4158
年のはに鮎し走らば辟田河鵜八つ潜けて河瀬尋ねむ
| tosi no pa ni ayu si pasiraba sakitagapa u yatu kadukete kapase tadunemu |
Every year When the sweetfish run so swift At Sakita River Many cormorants do gather, and Sport among the river rapids |
Ōtomo no Yakamochi
Kokin rokujō III: 1506
年ごとに鮎しはしれば沢田川鵜やつかつけて川瀬たづねむ
| toshigoto ni ayu shi hashireba sawadagawa u yatsu kazukete kawase tazunemu |
Every year When the sweetfish run so swift, At Sawada River The cormorants do gather, and Sport among the river rapids! |