Topic unknown.
またれつる入あひのかねのをとすなりあすもやあらばきかんとすらん
mataretsuru
iriai no kane no
oto su nari
asu mo ya araba
kikan to suran |
I await
The sunset bell’s
Chime;
Should I still live tomorrow,
Then will I hear it once again. |
The Monk Saigyō
西行
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'