Hotsprings 出湯
世の人の恋のやまひの薬とや七くりのゆのわきかへるらん
| yo no hito no koi no yamai no kusuri to ya nanakuri no yu no wakikaeruran | For folk in this world Suffering love’s sickness, Can this be a remedy? At Nanakuri, the hotspring Always gushes forth anew! |
Higo
Tag Archives: hito
Eikyū hyakushu 481
Love Waiting for Someone 待人恋
すみよしの松とは人のしらねばやなみうちたえてきしもせざらん
| sumiyoshi no matsu to wa hito no shiraneba ya nami uchitaete kishi mo sezaran | At Sumiyoshi are The pines of folk All unknowing? The waves have stopped, and Even the shore seems untouched. |
Tadafusa
Eikyū hyakushu 460
Lacking a Glimpse of Love Letters 不見書恋
いかがせむさののふなばしさのみやはふみだにみじと人のいふべき
| ikaga semu sano no funabashi sanomi ya wa fumi dani miji to hito no iubeki | O, what am I to do At the ferry port of Sano? Simply, of Letters there seems to be no sign, is What folk can tell to me. |
Tadafusa
Eikyū hyakushu 367
Gosechi 五節
日影さすをみのあかひもうちとけて立ちまふ人をもてはやすなり
| hikage sasu omi no akahimo uchitokete tachimau hito o motehayasunari | Sunlight falls on Scarlet purification cords, Undone as The dancing folk do Shine so bright! |
Toshiyori
KKS II: 120
Composed when people stopped to view the wisteria blooming at his house.
わが宿にさけるふぢなみ立帰すぎがてにのみ人の見る覧
| wa ga yado ni sakeru Fudinami tatikaFeri sugigate ni nomi Fito no miruran | At my house Bloom wisteria waves, Breaking and returning; Simply impossible to pass by Folk find the sight, it seems. |
Mitsune
KKS II: 104
Composed after seeing some faded flowers.
花見れば心さへにぞうつりける色には出でじ人もこそしれ
| Fana mireba kokoro saFe ni zo uturikeru iro ni Fa ideji Fito mo koso sire | When I see these blooms Even my heart Does droop No tint must show upon my face, yet Others surely know… |
Mitsune
KKS II: 100
Topic unknown.
待つ人も来ぬものゆへにうぐひすの鳴きつる花を折てける哉
| matu Fito mo konu mono yuFe ni uguFisu no nakituru Fana wo woritekeru kana | The one who I await Has failed to come, and so The warbler’s Song-perch – the blossoms – Have I plucked! |
Anonymous
KKS II: 83
Composed when someone said there was nothing that scattered as swiftly as cherry blossom.
桜花とくちりぬとも思ほえず人の心ぞ風もふきあへぬ
| sakurabana toku tirinu tomo omoFoezu Fito no kokoro zo kaze mo FukiaFenu | Cherry blossoms Are swiftly scattered – I think not, for Folks’ hearts, too Are fluttered by the breeze. |
Tsurayuki
KKS II: 77
Composed on the cherry blossom at the Un’rin-in.
いざさくら我もちりなん一盛り有なば人に憂きめもみえなん
| iza sakura ware mo tirinan Fitosakari arinaba Fito ni ukime mo mienan | O, cherries, Might I scatter, too? Once I was in my prime, But now folk Simply see my wretched state! |
The Monk Sōku
KKS I: 68
Composed for a poetry competition held during the reign of Emperor Uda.
見る人もなき山里のさくらばなほかのちりなんのちぞさかまし
| miru Fito mo naki yamazato no sakurabana Foka no tirinan noti zo sakamasi | With folk to see you Not a one, in this mountain home, O, cherry blossoms, After all the others are scattered and gone Would I have you bloom! |
Ise