Composed on hearing the sound of the sunset bell.
夕暮は物ぞ悲しき鐘の音をあすも聞べき身とし知らねば
yuFugure Fa
mono zo kanasiki
kane no woto
asu mo kikubeki
mi to si siraneba |
Evening is
Most sad;
For the bell tolls-
And if I’ll hear it on the morrow
I know not. |
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部
Topic unknown.
さなくてもねられぬ物をいとゞしくつき驚す鐘の音かな
sanakute mo
mirarenu mono wo
itodosiku
tuki odorokasu
kane no oto kana |
Even if it were not so,
Something unseen,
Suddenly
Starts me awake-struck by
The sound of a bell. |
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部
'Simply moving and elegant'