Love Separated by Distant Roads 隔遠路恋
白雲の八重なる山はかさぬともこころは空にかよへとほづま
shiragumo no
yae naru yama wa
kasanu tomo
kokoro wa sora ni
kayoe tōzuma | Clouds of white,
Eightfold upon the mountains
Do not lie, yet
My heart, into the skies
Fly back and forth, to my distant love! |
Nakazane
白雲のやへのをちなる国人も今日のみあれにあはぬあらじな
shirakumo no
yae no ochinaru
kunibito mo
kyō no miare ni
awanu araji na |
Beyond clouds of white,
Eightfold the distance where
Provincial folk
For this festive day are
Certain to meet together! |
Fujiwara no Nakazane
藤原仲実
'Simply moving and elegant'