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跡もなきしづが家ゐの竹のかきいぬのこゑのみおくふかくして
ato mo naki
shizu ga iei no
take no kaki
inu no koe nomi
oku fukakushite | Not a trace remains
Of the peasants’ huts’
Bamboo fences,
Simply a dog barking
From deep within. |
His Former Majesty [Hanazono]
Created with Soan.
Listening to a flute in a village.
おきゐつつねざめのみするころにしもよぶかきふえのこゑをきくかな
oki’itsutsu
nezame nomi suru
koro ni shi mo
yobu kakibue no
koe o kiku kana | Ever and always on arising and
Waking from sleep, that
Is when,
The call of a flute beside my fence
Is the sound I hear! |
Minamoto no Michinari (?-1019)
源道済
Next Door 隣
中がきにおふる草木のはをしげみ夏ぞとなりはうとく成りける
nakagaki ni
ouru kusaki no
ha o shigemi
natsu zo tonari wa
utoku narikeru | The fence between is
Overgrown with plants with
Leaves so lush, that
In summer, next door
Seems far away, indeed! |
Daishin
Next Door 隣
もろともにまぢかきほどにすまひしていざ垣ごしに物語せん
morotomo ni
majikaki hodo ni
sumaishite
iza kakigoshi ni
monogatarisen | Together
Cheek by jowl
We live,
So, through the fence gap
Do we chat together! |
Higo
Next Door 隣
かきごしにほのめくだにもあるものをねたくも梅のあるじなるかな
kakigoshi ni
honomeku dani mo
aru mono o
netaku mo ume no
aruji naru kana | Through a gap in the fence
But faint does
It seem to be;
How I envy that plum blossom’s
Master! |
Toshiyori
'Simply moving and elegant'
