On the conception of fulling clothes.
みよしのの山のあきかぜさ夜ふけて故郷さむくころもうつなり
miyoshino no
yama no akikaze
sayo fukete
furusato samuku
koromo utsunari | On fair Yoshino
Mountain the autumn wind
Marks a brief night’s end,
For in this ancient place the chill
Carries the sound of fulling cloth. |
Consultant Masatsune
Created with Soan.
Waterfalls 滝
たなばたのおりながしたる布なれや空よりおつる滝の気色は
tanabata no
orinagashitaru
nuno nare ya
sora yori otsuru
taki no keshiki wa | Has the Weaver Maid
Spun out a stream
Of cloth?
From the skies tumbles
A waterfall – or so it looks! |
Toshiyori
旅寝するとをちのさとに月すみて都はるかに衣うつなり
tabine suru
tōchi no sato ni
tsuki sumite
miyako haruka ni
koromo utsunari |
Sleeping on my travels in
Far distant Tōchi, where
The moon shines clearly,
In the capital, so far away
You are fulling cloth. |
'Simply moving and elegant'
