Geese
Left (Tie)
あきのそらかりのなきくるくもゐをばよそなるひとのふみとこそみれ
aki no sora
kari no nakikuru
kumoi oba
yoso naru hito no
fumi to koso mire | In the autumn skies
Geese call
Beyond the clouds,
To someone so far away
A letter, they do seem. |
Fujiwara no Akane
(Arimasa in a certain text)
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Right
まだきかぬみみにやあるらむはつかりのおとだにもせぬあきはきにしを
mada kikanu
mimi ni ya aruramu
hatsukari no
oto dani mo senu
aki wa kinishi o | I have yet to hear
Them with my ears, it seems—
The first geese
Have made not a sound, but
Autumn has come… |
Miharu no Miyakoe
12
かりなきてさむきあさけの露霜にやののかみ山色づきにけり
kari nakite
samuki asake no
tsuyujimo ni
yano no kamiyama
irozukinikeri | The geese cry and
At a dawn so chill
Frosted dewfall turns
Divine Mount Yano
To autumn hues. |
Composed on the end of autumn.
かりなきてふく風さむみたかまどの野べのあさぢは色付きにけり
kari nakite
fuku kaze samumi
takamado no
nobe no asaji wa
irozukinikeri | The geese are crying and
The gusting wind is chill;
At Takamado
Across the meadows the cogon grass
Has taken on autumn hues. |
雁なきてさむきあらしの吹くなべにたつたの山は色付きにけり
kari nakite
samuki arashi no
fuku nae ni
tatsuta no yama wa
irozukinikeri | The geese cry and
As a chill storm wind
Blows,
The mountain of Tatsuta
Takes on autumn hues. |
足ひきのやまとびこゆる秋のかりいくへの霧をしのぎきぬらん
ashihiki no
yama tobikoyuru
aki no kari
ikue no kiri o
shinogikinuran | Across the leg-wearying
Mountains fly
The autumn geese:
How many misty layers
Must they have broken through? |
Composed on geese.
かりなきて秋風さむく成りにけりひとりやねなんよるの衣うすし
kari nakite
akikaze samuku
narinikeri
hitori ya nenan
yoru no koromo usushi | The geese are crying, and
The autumn wind
So chill has grown,
Shall I, then, sleep alone
In a scanty night robe? |
あまのはらふりさけみればますかがみきよき月よに雁鳴きわたる
ama no hara
furisakemireba
masukagami
kiyoki tsukiyo ni
kari nakiwataru | When, upon the plain of Heaven
I upwards turn my gaze,
Across the clear mirror of
A pure moonlit night
The geese go crying as they cross. |
あまの戸をあけがたの空になく雁の翼の露にやどる月影
ama no to o
akegata no sora ni
naku kari no
tsubasa no tsuyu ni
yadoru tsukikage | As the gates of heaven
Open, brightening the sky,
The geese cry, with
Dewdrops on their wings, where
Moonlight lodges. |
鳴きわたる雁のはかぜに雲きえてよぶかき空にすめる月影
nakiwataru
kari no hakaze ni
kumo kiete
yobukaki sora ni
sumeru tsukikage | Crying as they cross,
The geese waft wind with their wings,
Clearing the clouds, and
Deep within the night, the sky fills
With clear moonlight. |
Geese above the sea
わたのはら八重のしほぢにとぶかりのつばさの波に秋風ぞふく
wata no hara
yae no shioji ni
tobu kari no
tsubasa no nami ni
akikaze zo fuku | Across the broad sea sweep
Of eightfold sea-lanes
Fly the geese,
Their wings a wave
In the gusting autumn wind |
'Simply moving and elegant'
