Left (Tie).
早苗より穂にいづるまで守る田をかりにのみこそ人は見えけれ
sanaFe yori
Fo ni iduru made
mamoru ta wo
kari ni nomi koso
Fito Fa miekere | From seedlings
Until ripened ears appear,
Warding the paddies,
Only briefly, then,
Can folk be seen! |
Anonymous
13
Right.
秋の田に並みよる稲は山川に水ひきうゑし早苗なりけり
aki no ta ni
nami yoru ine Fa
yamagaFa ni
midu Fiki’uwesi
sanaFe narikeri | In the autumn fields
Waves run through the ripening rice;
From a mountain stream
Drawn up, the waters
Seedlings have become… |
Yori’ie
頼家
14
宿ごとに花橘ぞ匂ひける人聞かずゑに風は吹けども
yado goto ni
hanatachibana zo
nioikeru
hito kikazue ni
kaze wa fukedomo |
Round every dwelling is
Orange blossoms’
Scent;
Folk pay no heed, yet
The breeze blows on… |
Fujiwara no Kinzane (1053-1107)
藤原公実
The Kamo Festival (加茂祭)
人よりもたのみぞかくるあふひ草わきても神のしるしみせなん
hito yori mo
tanomi zo kakuru
aoigusa
wakite mo kami no
shirushi misenan |
Rather than the folk,
Their prayers are hidden by
Hollyhocks:
Part them and the Gods’
Sign is revealed… |
Higo
京極関白家肥後
Composed and sent to someone who had come to see the cherry blossoms blooming at his house.
わが宿の花見がてらに来る人は散りなむのちぞこひしかるべき
wa ga yado no
Fanami ga tera ni
kuru Fito Fa
tirinamu noti zo
koFisikarubeki |
To my home
For blossom-viewing
Folk come, but
After they have scattered
How fond of them I am! |
Ōshikōchi no Mitsune
'Simply moving and elegant'