もみぢばのながるるあきはかはごとににしきあらふとひとはみるらん[1]
| momijiba no nagaruru aki wa kawa goto ni nishiki arau to hito wa miruramu | The scarlet leaves Flow and in autumn By every river Washing their brocade Folk can be seen! |
ひしくればよるもめかれじきくのはなあきすぎぬればあふべきものか
| hi shi kureba yoru mo mekareji kiku no hana aki suginureba aubeki mono ka | When the day is here, At night you do escape my sight, O, chrysanthemums; When autumn has passed by, I wonder shall we meet again? |
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Old Folk 老人
あさなあさなみれどむかしのかげならで日にそへおいのますかがみかな
| asana asana miredo mukashi no kage narade hi ni soe oi no masukagami kana | Each morn I look, yet yesterday’s Face fails to appear, and With each passing day, old age Is clear within my mirror! |
Tadafusa
[One of] four poems from the province of Etchū.
弥彦おのれ神さび青雲のたなびく日すら小雨そほ降る
| iyapiko wonore kamusabi awokumo no tanabiku pi sura kosame sopopuru |
O, Iyahiko! Your very form fills me with awe: Clouds of grey Trail round by day – even then Showers drizzle down… |
恋草に染かへりたる色なれば思ひそめけむ日をぞ恨むる
| koFigusa ni simikaFeritaru iro nareba omoFisomekemu Fi wo zo uramuru |
The lovely grasses’ Have ever staining Hues, so When it seemed I was first deeply dyed with love – That day I do hate! |
Minamoto no Toshiyori
源俊頼
若草をただかりそめに見し日より束も逢へぬものをこそ思へ
| wakakusa wo tada karisome ni misi Fi yori tukane mo aFenu mono wo koso omoFe |
The fresh young grass But briefly Did I see that day, and ever since That I did not sheaf it together Has been the focus of my thoughts… |
Minamoto no Toshiyori
源俊頼
Left (Win).
恋ひわびて片敷く袖はかへせどもいつかは妹が夢に見えける
| koFiwabite katasiku sode Fa kaFesedomo itu ka Fa imo ga yume ni miekeru |
Tortured with love My single spread sleeve I do reverse, yet When will my darling Appear in my dreams? |
The Holy Teacher 闍梨
[Ryūgen 隆源]
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Right.
我が心ときぞともなく乱るれど日だに暮るれば恋ひ添はりけり
| wa ga kokoro toki zo tomonaku midaruredo Fi dani kurureba koFisoFarikeri |
My heart With every passing hour Is more distraught, yet Even when the day does dim Love is my companion. |
Bichū 備中
[Minamoto no Nakazane 源仲実]
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On parting.
朝戸出の君が姿をよく見ずて長き春日を恋ひや暮らさむ
| asa tode no kimi ga sugata wo yoku mizute nagaki parupi wo kopi ya kurasamu |
In the morning, opening the door My lord’s form I could not see well, so How through this long spring day Can I live with my love? |
Topic unknown.
日にそへて憂事のみも増る哉暮ては頓て明けずもあらなむ
| Fi ni soFete uki koto nomi mo masaru kana kurete Fa yagate akezu mo aranamu |
All throughout the day My misery alone Has been overwhelming; And with the dusk, in the end It seems there is no hope of dawn. |
The Former Nishinomiya Minister of the Left
西宮前左大臣
(Minamoto no Taka’akira 源高明)
夏の日の俄かに曇る夕立の思ひもかけぬ世にもあるかな
| natu no Fi no niFka ni kumoru yuFudati no omoFi mo kakenu yo ni mo aru kana |
A summer day Briefly clouded by An evening shower: How unexpected Is this world! |
A poem by the Governor-General of Dazai, Lord Ōtomo.
橘の花散る里の霍公鳥片恋しつつ鳴く日しぞ多き
| tatibana no pana tiru sato no pototogisu kata kopisitutu naku pi si zo opoki |
Orange Blossom scatters round my estate where The cuckoo For unrequited love Does cry on many a day… |
Ōtomo no Tabito