Topic unknown.
いその神ふるのわさ田のほにはいでず心のうちにこひやわたらん
isonokami
furu no wasada no
ho ni wa idezu
kokoro no uchi ni
koi ya wataran |
In Isonokami
At Furu, fields of early rice
Have not borne fruit;
Within my heart
Will my love remain? |
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (?-?708)
柿本人麻呂
Topic unknown.
あしびきの山田もるいほにをくか火のしたこがれつゝわがこふらくは
ashihiki no
yamada moru io ni
oku kai no
shita kogaretsutsu
wa ga kouraku wa |
Leg-wearying
In the mountain fields, by the field guard’s hut
Stands a smudge,
Smouldering on:
As does my love. |
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (?-?708)
柿本人麻呂
Topic unknown.
さゝの葉はみ山もそよにみだるなりわれはいもおもふわかれきぬれば
sasa no ha wa
miyama mo soyo ni
midaru nari
ware wa imo omou
wakarekinureba |
The bamboo grass leaves
In the mountain deeps rustle
In confusion;
In thoughts of my love,
Left far behind. |
Hitomaro
人麻呂
Topic unknown.
あまざかるひなのながぢをこぎくればあかしのとより山としまみゆ
amazakaru
hina no nagaji o
kogikureba
akashi no to yori
yama to shima miyu |
Heaven-broad
The wilds’ long ways
Has my boat traversed, now
From Akashi strait
I see the mounts and isles of home. |
Hitomaro
人麻呂
Topic unknown.
なくこゑをえやはしのばぬほとゝぎすはつうの花のかげにかくれて
naku koe o
e yawa shinobanu
hototogisu
hatsu u no hana no
kage ni kakurete |
A breath of song:
You cannot let it slip,
O, cuckoo,
In the early deutzia blooms’
Shade concealed. |
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
柿本人麻呂
Topic unknown.
葦引の山鳥の尾のしだり尾のながながし夜をひとりかも寢む
asiFiki no
yamadori no o no
sidario no
naganagasi yo wo
Fitori kamo nemu |
Leg-wearying
The mountain pheasant’s tail
Hangs down
So long, so long, the night
Must I sleep alone? |
Hitomaro
人麻呂
Topic unknown.
天雲の八重雲隱れ鳴る神の音にのみやは聞き渡べき
amagumo no
yaFe kumo kakure
naru kami no
woto ni nomi ya Fa
kikiwatarubeki |
Heaven’s clouds,
Layer on layer, conceal
The rumbling thunder:
Sound alone-
Must I continue just to hear? |
Hitomaro
人麻呂
Topic unknown.
ます鏡見しがと思妹にあはむかも玉の緖の絶えたる戀のしげきこの頃
masukagami
misiga to omoFu
imo ni aFamu kamo
tama no wo no
taetaru koFi no
sigeki kono koro |
As in a clear glass
I want to see her, I feel;
I would meet my darling;
As a belt of jewels,
My enduring love
Grows lusher now. |
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
柿本人麻呂
Topic unknown.
梅花それとも見えず久方のあまぎる雪のなべてふれれば
mume no Fana
sore to mo miezu
Fisakata no
amagiru yuki no
nabete Furereba |
Plum blossom
Cannot be told from
The eternal
Cloud-draped skies’ snow,
Falling all around. |
Anonymous
This poem is said by some to be the work of Kakinomoto no Hitomaro.
Topic unknown.
夜をさむみ衣かりがねなくなへに萩のしたばもうつろひにけり
yo wo samumi
koromo kari ga ne
naku nabe ni
Fagi no sitaba mo
uturoFinikeri | The night is cold, so
I’ll borrow a robe with goose cries
Sounding
The bush clover’s under-leaves
Have turned sere. |
This poem is said by some to be the work of Kakinomoto no Hitomaro.
Anonymous.
'Simply moving and elegant'