Coming of Age 元服
もとゆひのこぞめのいとをくり返し衣の色にひきやうつさん
motoyui no
kozome no ito o
kurikaeshi
koromo no iro ni
hiki ya utsusan | A topknot’s
Deeply dyed scarlet cords
Winding back and forth –
In the shade of your robe,
I wonder, will they be reflected? |
Akinaka
Composed on grass.
山高み夕日隠りぬ浅茅原後見むために標結はましを
yama dakami
yupupi kakurinu
asadipara
noti mimu tame ni
sime yupamasi wo |
The mountains’ heights
Have hid the setting sun;
This field of cogon-grass:
To gaze upon once more,
I should have bound it round with sacred cords… |
Anonymous
'Simply moving and elegant'