おきつ島うのすむ石による波のまなく物おもふわれぞかなしき
oki tsu shima
u no sumu ishi ni
yoru nami no
manaku mono’omou
ware zo kanashiki | On the offshore islands
Cormorants dwell upon the rocks
Washed by waves
Unendingly in gloomy thought
I am sad, indeed! |
444
わが恋は百しまめぐるはま千どり行へもしらぬかたに鳴くなり
wa ga koi wa
momoshima meguru
hamachidori
yukue mo shiranu
kata ni naku nari | My love is as:
Wheeling o’er the islands,
The beach-plovers,
Whither bound unknowing,
Crying out above the sands at ebbtide… |
429
Rarely Visited Love
干る塩のとどみならずは八十島に絶えまがちなる浦みせましや
Firu siFo no
todomi narazu Fa
yasosima ni
taemagatinaru
uramisemasi ya |
Salt drying
Backwaters these are not:
On all the many islands
If only broken into pieces were
The shorelines, as my despair… |
Minamoto no Toshiyori
源俊頼
'Simply moving and elegant'
