It must have been around the twentieth day of the Second Month, I think, when I was alone and gazing at the sky one evening as the new greenery was emerging in the north, and I composed this on hearing a goose call.
ながめつつおもふもかなしかへるかりゆくらんかたの夕ぐれの空
| nagametsutsu omou mo kanashi kaeru kari yukuran kata no yūgure no sora | Ever gazing, My thoughts are filled with sadness, as Returning geese Go out into The twilight skies. |
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かぜさむみ伊勢のはま荻分行けばころもかりがねなみになくなり
| kaze samumi ise no hama ogi wakeyukeba koromo kari ga ne nami ni naku nari | The wind’s so chill, as Through the silver grass upon the beach at Ise I forge my way, that I’d borrow a robe with goose cries Sounding ‘cross the waves! |
Former Middle Counsellor Masafusa
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ふるさとにかすみとびわけゆくかりはたびのそらにやはるをすぐらむ
| furusato ni kasumi tobiwake yuku kari wa tabi no sora ni ya haru o suguramu | Above an ancient estate Flying through the parting haze Go the geese: In the skies they journey through, I wonder, will they pass the springtime? |
Mitsune
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ちるはなをぬきしとめねばあをやぎのいとはよるともかひやなからむ
| chiru hana o nukishi tomeneba aoyagi no ito wa yoru tomo kai ya nakaramu | The scattered blossom Has been pierced, but not stayed, so, The green willow’s Threaded fronds are spun together, yet It useless seems… |
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‘“Sewn but not halted”—it really does seem so.’
Azaleas
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かりがねにおもひかけつつしのばなんあまつそらなるわが身なりとも
| kari ga ne ni omoikaketsutsu shinobanan ama tsu sora naru wa ga mi naritomo | Upon the goose cries Ever hang your thoughts, and Remember, that Within the sky-spanning heavens I may yet be… |
Sadafun
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うぐひすのこゑなつかしくなきつるはのちもこひつつしのばなむとか
| uguisu no koe natsukashiku nakitsuru wa nochi mo koitsutsu shinobanamu to ka | Does the warbler’s Song so charmingly Ring out that Later, ever fondly Will he be remembered? |
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雁がねにおどろく秋のよを寒み虫のおりだす衣をぞきる
| kari ga ne ni odoroku aki no yo o samumi mushi no oridasu koromo o zo kiru | The goose cries are Startling on an autumn Night so chill The insects’ woven Robes I will put on! |
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あき風はたがたむけとか紅葉ばをぬさにきりつつ吹きちらすらん
| akikaze wa ta ga tamuke to ka momijiba o nusa ni kiritsutsu fukichirasuran | The autumn wind: To whom does it make its offering Of scarlet leaves? Ever cutting them to streamers, and Seeming to scatter them with its gusts… |
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[1] Fubokushō XII: 4881
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雁がねは風をさむみやはたおりめくだまく音のきりきりとする
| kari ga ne wa kaze o samumi ya hataorime kuda maku oto no kirikiri to suru | Is it the goose cries that Chill the wind so? The Weaver Maid Shuttling the weft makes A clattering sound. |
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うゑしとき花まちどほにありし菊うつろふ秋にあはんとやみし
| ueshi toki hana machidō ni arishi kiku utsurou aki ni awamu to ya mishi | From planting time Did I eagerly await These chrysanthemums here: That they would fade with autumn’s passing Did I think it then… |
Ōe no Chisato
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[1] Kokinshū V: 271/Shinsen man’yōshū 351/Kokin rokujō VI: 3753
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雁のねは風にきほひてわたれどもわが待つ人のことづてぞなき
| kari no ne wa kaze ni kioite wataredomo wa ga matsu hito no kotozute zo naki | The goose cries Competing with the wind Come across, yet From the man I’m waiting for There is no word at all… |
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大空をとりかへすとも見えなくにほしかとみゆる秋の草かな
| ōzora o torikaesu tomo mienaku ni hoshi ka to miyuru aki no kusa kana | The heavens Claimed back, they Do not appear to be, yet Somehow, they seem like stars: These autumn grasses! |
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