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梓弓いそべのこ松たが世にかよろづ世かねてたねをまきけむ
adusayumi isobe no komatu ta ga yo ni ka yoroduyo kanete tane wo makikemu A catalpa bow, The dwarf pine upon the rocky shore Has through whose lifetimes lived? “That it last ten thousand ages!” Was with its seed a’planted, perhaps?
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しらま弓いそべの山の松の色のときはにものをおもふころかな
shiramayumi isobe no yama no matsu no iro no tokiwa ni mono o omou koso kana The pure white bow of Mountains by the rocky shore, where The pines’ hues are Evergreen but more so my gloomy Thoughts of you!
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Snow
みさごゐる磯辺にたてるむろの木の枝もとををに雪ぞつもれる
misago iru isobe ni tateru muro no ki no eda mo tō ni yuki zo tsumoreru Ospreys dwell Among, standing on the stoney shore, The juniper trees, Their branches laden With drifted snow.
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Sent to the residence of her wet nurse, to say that he wished to converse to a lady.
かくなむと蜑の漁火ほのめかせ磯べの波の折もよからば
kaku namu to
ama no isaribi
Fonomekase
isobe no nami no
wori mo yokaraba
Say “It is here,”
As the fisher folk’s fires
Faintly
With the waves toward the rocky shore
Draw near, in time…
Minamoto no Yorimitsu
源頼光
'Simply moving and elegant'