さむしろにいくよの秋を忍びきぬ今はたおなじうぢのはしひめ
samushiro ni iku yo no aki o shinobikinu ima hata onaji uji no hashihime Beneath a scanty coverlet [1]
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[1] An allusive variation on: Topic unknown. さむしろに衣かたしきこよひもや我をまつらむうぢのはしひめ samushiro ni / koromo katashiki / koyoi mo ya / ware o matsuramu / uji no hashihime ‘Upon a scanty coverlet / Beneath a single robe / On this night, too, / I wonder, does she await me, / My maid at Uji Bridge.’ Anonymous (KKS XIV: 689 )
Composed on the conception of Tanabata.
あまの川きみわたりなばかささぎのはしうちみだるなみもたたなん
ama no kaFa The River of Heaven
Dharma Master Sōen
On frost forming in the moonlight.
月影のしろきをみればかささぎのわたせるはしに霜ぞ置きける
tsukikage no shiroki o mireba kasasagi no wataseru hashi ni shimo zo okikeru When the moonlight,
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The moon in the four seasons.
天河夜わたる月もこほるらん霜にしもおくかささぎのはし
ama no kawa yo wataru tsuki mo kōruran shimo ni shimo oku kasasagi no hashi The River of Heaven, and
Teika
A night when the moon had been bright at the beginning of autumn
天の原雲なきよゐに久かたの月さえわたるかささぎの橋
ama no hara kumo naki yoi ni hisakata no tsuki saewataru kasasagi no hashi At the plain of Heaven,
恋せんとなれるみかはの八橋の蜘蛛手に物を思ふ比かな
koi sen to Thinking to love—
真野之浦乃 与騰乃継橋 情由毛 思哉妹之 伊目尓之所見
真野の浦の淀の継橋心も思へや妹が夢にし見ゆる
mano no ura no Across the bay of Mano
Composed on the bridge at Nagara.
春の日のながらのはまに舟とめていづれか橋と問へどこたへぬ
haru no ni no In the springtime sun
The Monk Egyō
Zithers 筝
さ夜ふけて物の音たかくなりぬらししらぶることはことぢあぐなり
sayo fukete Brief night breaks, and
Kanemasa
Lacking a Glimpse of Love Letters 不見書恋
いさや又ふみもみられずともすればとだえのはしのうしろめたさを
isa ya mata So, still
Toshiyori
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