あまのはらふりさけみればますかがみきよき月よに雁鳴きわたる
ama no hara furisakemireba masukagami kiyoki tsukiyo ni kari nakiwataru When, upon the plain of Heaven
あまの戸をあけがたの空になく雁の翼の露にやどる月影
ama no to o akegata no sora ni naku kari no tsubasa no tsuyu ni yadoru tsukikage As the gates of heaven
鳴きわたる雁のはかぜに雲きえてよぶかき空にすめる月影
nakiwataru kari no hakaze ni kumo kiete yobukaki sora ni sumeru tsukikage Crying as they cross,
Geese before the moon
九重の雲ゐをわけて久かたの月の宮こに雁ぞ鳴くなる
kokonoe no kumoi o wakete hisakata no tsuki no miyako ni kari zo nakunaru Ninefold,
Geese above the sea
わたのはら八重のしほぢにとぶかりのつばさの波に秋風ぞふく
wata no hara yae no shioji ni tobu kari no tsubasa no nami ni akikaze zo fuku Across the broad sea sweep
Geese at a hut among the paddy fields in the evening
かりのゐる門田のいなばうちそよぎたそかれ時に秋風ぞふく
kari no iru kadota no inaba uchisoyogi tasogaredoki ni akikaze zo fuku The geese come to rest
Geese in the evening
夕さればいなばのなびく秋風に空とぶかりの声もかなしや
yū sareba inaba no nabiku akikaze ni ama tobu kari no koe mo kanashi ya When the evening comes,
Dew upon the plains.
久かたの空とぶかりのなみだかもおほあらきののささのうへのつゆ
hisakata no ama tobu kari no namida kamo ōarakino no sasa no ue no tsuyu Eternal [1]
[1] An allusive variation on: Topic unknown. なきわたるかりの涙やおちつらむ物思ふやどの萩のうへのつゆ nakiwataru / kari no namida ya / ochitsuran / mono’omou yado no / hagi no ue no tsuyu ‘Calling across / Did the geese let tears / Fall? / My dwelling, lost in thought, / Has dew upon the bush clover.’ Anonymous (KKS IV:221 ); and: 如是為而也 尚哉将老 三雪零 大荒木野之 小竹尓不有九二 kakushite ya / nao ya oinuramu / miyuki furu / ōarakino no / shino ni aranaku ni ‘Is this how it is to be? / Have I yet grown old / Though covered with fair snow / On Ōaraki Plain / An arrow-bamboo I am not…’ Anonymous (MYS VII: 1349 ).
[An acrostic] Composed on ryūtamu [gentian].
風さむみなくかりがねのこゑによりうたむ 衣をまづやかさまし
kaze samumi naku kari ga ne no koe ni yori utamu koromo omazu ya kasamashi That the wind is chill
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On geese flying over a place where the blossom was scattering, for a folding screen picture.
雁がねのかへる翅にかをるなり花をうらむる春の山かぜ
kari ga ne no kaeru tubasa ni kaoru nari hana o uramuru haru no yamakaze Geese cry, as
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