Snow around a temple
うちつけに物ぞかなしきはつせ山をのへのかねの雪の夕暮
uchitsuke ni
mono zo kanashiki
hatsuseyama
onoe no kane no
yuki no yūgure | Suddenly,
All is sadness,
On Hatsuse Mountain with
The bell tolling from the peak,
Amid the evening snow. |
382
おのづからさびしくもあるか山ふかみ草のいほりの雪の夕ぐれ
onozukara
sabishiku mo aru ka
yama fukami
kusa no iori no
yuki no yūgure | All by itself
Lonely sadness comes upon me
Deep within the mountains
In a hut of grass
On a snowy evening… |
375
ゆふされば塩風さむし浪間よりみゆるこじまに雪は降りつつ
yū sareba
shiokaze samushi
namima yori
miyuru kojima ni
yuki wa furitsutsu | When the evening comes,
How cold the tidewinds are;
Between the breakers,
I glimpse islets where
The snow is ever falling… |
364
夕されば浦風さむしあま小舟とませの山に雪ぞふるらし
yū sareba
urakaze samushi
ama no obune
tomase no yama ni
yuki zo fururashi | When the evening comes,
Chill is the wind from off the shore, and
The little fishing boats
By Tomase Mountain
Seem covered with fallen snow. |
363
夕さればすずふく嵐身にしみてよしののたけにみゆきふるらし
yū sareba
suzu fuku arashi
mi ni shimite
yoshino no take ni
miyuki fururashi | When the evening comes,
Storm winds gusting through the arrow bamboo
Pierce my flesh;
On the high peak of Yoshino,
Fair snow is a’falling, it seems. |
362
Crickets
Left
ゆふさればこゑふりたててきりぎりすつゆをさむみやよもすがらなく
yū sareba
koe furitatete
kirigirisu
tsuyu o samumi ya
yomosugara naku | When the evening comes
Louder grow the cries
Of the crickets—
Is it the dewdrops’ chill that
Has them cry the night away? |
Yoshimine no Yukikara
3
Right (Win – Tie in a certain text)
きりぎりすあきのよぶかくおもふかなねざめてきけどこゑのたえねば
kirigirisu
aki no yobukaku
omou kana
nezamete kikedo
koe no taeneba | Crickets
Deep on autumn nights
Do fill my thoughts!
I awaken and listen, yet
Their cries then fade away… |
Miyaji no Okifuru
4
Fallen leaves atop the water
暮れて行く秋のみなとにうかぶこの葉あまの釣する舟かともみゆ
kureteyuku
aki no minato ni
ukabu ko no ha
ama no tsurisuru
fune ka to mo miyu | As evening falls
In autumn at the river mouth
The drifting leaves,
As seafolk off fishing
In their boats do seem, perhaps… |
On the evening autumn breeze
秋ならでただ大かたの風のおとも夕べはことにかなしきものを
aki narade
tada ōkata no
kaze no oto mo
yūbe wa koto ni
kanashiki mono o | ’Tis not only in the autumn, but
The simple, commonplace
Sound of wind
In the evening is truly
A sad thing, indeed… |
Composed on an autumn evening
大かたに物おもふとしもなかりけりただ我がための秋の夕ぐれ
ōkata ni
mono’omou to shimo
nakarikeri
tada wa ga tame no
aki no yūgure | Just passing
Gloomy thoughts
I do not have;
Simply for my sake
Falls this autumn evening… |
Saying I was passing by the sea.
ながめやる心もたへぬわたのはら八重のしほぢの秋の夕暮
nagameyaru
kokoro mo taenu
wata no hara
yae no shioji no
aki no yūgure | Gazing out,
My feelings fail to last,
Across the wide seascape
Eightfold are the tideways
On an autumn evening… |
'Simply moving and elegant'
