あまのがはほしあひのそらをみるほどもなほわすられぬすずむしのこゑ
ama no gawa
hoshiai no sora o
miru hodo mo
nao wasurarenu
suzumushi no koe | The River of Heaven fills
The sky of trysting stars, and
When I gaze upon it
Even less might I forget
The bell crickets’ song. |
Lady Ukon
たなばたのゆきあふあきとなるごとにわすれがたきはすずむしのこゑ
tanabata no
yukiau aki to
naru goto ni
wasuregataki wa
suzumushi no koe | With Tanabata’s
Coming together in autumn,
Each and every time
I find it hard to forget
The bell crickets’ song. |
Lord Tomonori, Governor of Kaga
すずむしのこゑにぞあかぬたまさかにゆきあふよひのかげをまつにも
suzumushi no
koe ni zo akanu
tamasaka ni
yukiau yoi no
kage o matsu ni mo | Of the bell crickets’
Song, I never tire—
Even when a rare
Night’s coming together
In moonlight I do await… |
Lady Jijū
たなばたに心をかくるこよひさへあかずきこゆるすずむしのこゑ
tanabata ni
kokoro o kakuru
koyoi sae
akazu kikoyuru
suzumushi no koe | At Tanabata
My heart I conceal—
This night above all,
I never tire of hearing
The bell crickets’ song. |
Lady Shōjō
Insects
Left (Tie)
あきくればむしもやものをおもふらんこゑもをしまずねをもなくかな
aki kureba
mushi mo ya mono o
omouran
koe mo oshimazu
ne mo naku kana | When the autumn comes,
Do the insects, too, have gloomy
Thoughts, I wonder?
I’ll not regret their song at all
As they cry on! |
His Majesty
11
Right
あきごとにとこめづらなるすずむしのふりてもふりぬこゑぞきこゆる
akigoto ni
tokomezuranaru
suzumushi no
furite mo furinu
koe zo kikoyuru | Each and every autumn,
Afresh
The bell-crickets’
Aging in their aged
Cries I hear. |
Lord Kintō
12
Bell Crickets 鈴虫
あさぢふに鳴くすず虫の声きけばふりにしかたぞいとど恋しき
asajū ni
naku suzumushi no
koe kikeba
furinishi kata zo
itodo koishiki | Among the cogon grass
Singing, are the bell crickets;
Hearing their song
The ways of days long gone
Seem all the more dear… |
Daishin
Bell Crickets 鈴虫
秋をへてかはらざりけりあをによしふるき都のすず虫の声
aki o hete
kawarazarikeri
ao ni yosi
furuki miyako no
suzumushi no koe | As autumn passes by,
Never changing,
The good blue-black clay of
The ancient capital, where
Bell crickets sing. |
Higo
Bell Crickets 鈴虫
みかり野になくすず虫をはしたかの草とりて行く音かとぞきく
mikarino ni
naku suzumushi o
hashitaka no
kusa toriteyuku
oto ka to zo kiku | On the imperial hunting ground
Sing the bell crickets, and
A sparrowhawk, swooping
To hunt among the grasses –
Is that the sound I hear? |
Kanemasa
Bell Crickets 鈴虫
しぐれふり色かはりゆくあさぢふにあはれなるかなすず虫のこゑ
shigure furi
iro kawariyuku
asajū ni
awarenaru kana
suzumushi no koe | The showers fall, and
From the changing hues of
The cogon grass
It seems so sad:
The bell crickets’ song! |
Tadafusa
Bell Crickets 鈴虫
かずならでふりぬることをすず虫となきかはしてもあかしつるかな
kazu narade
furinuru koto o
suzumushi to
nakikawashitemo
akashitsuru kana | Innumerable
Have they descended;
The bell crickets
All crying together, yet
Dawn has come! |
Toshiyori
'Simply moving and elegant'