On parting from love.
しばしとてひがふる衣の後手にとりぞへらるる黒髪も憂し
| shibashi tote hi ga furuginu no ushirode ni tori zo heraruru kurokami mo ushi |
Swiftly Pass the days – across a worn out robe’s Back Pass birds, while Black tresses bring only sorrow. |
Shōtetsu
正徹
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MYS XVI: 3883
[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… |
Sanboku kikashū VII: 1070
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
Saishō chūjō kuninobu no ie no uta’awase 15
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]
29
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]
30
SIS XV: 969
Topic unknown.
岩根踏み重なる山はなけれども逢はぬ日数を恋や渡らん
| iFane Fumi kasanaru yama Fa nakeredomo aFanu Fi kazu wo koFi ya wataran |
Crag trodden Layered mountains Are there none, yet Over the number of days we meet not I wonder, will our love span? |
The Elder Maiden of Sakanoue
坂上郎女
MYS X: 1925
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? |
Saigū no nyōgo-shū 15
秋の日のあやしきほどの黄昏に荻吹く風の音ぞ聞ゆる
| aki no Fi no ayasiki Fodo no tasogare ni wogi Fuku kaze no oto zo kikoyuru |
Autumn days Are most eerie At dusk, when The sound of wind blowing o’er the silver-grass Is all I hear… |
Eikyū hyakushu 413
The Names of the Buddhas
かひなくて月日はふれど年くれて仏の御名を聞くぞうれしき
| kainakute tsukihi wa furedo toshi kurete hotoke no mina o kiku zo ureshiki | Pointlessly The days and months go by, yet At year’s twilight The Buddhas’ names I hear with joy! |
Daishin
GSIS XIV: 806
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)
Eikyū hyakushu 278
かづらぎや木かげにひかるいなづまを山ぶしのうつ火かとこそみれ
| kazuragi ya kokage ni hikaru inazuma o yamabushi no utsu hi ka to koso mire | In Kazuragi Amongst the shadows of the trees flashes Lightning: A hermit struck Flame, does it seem to be… |
Kanemasa
兼昌