Left (Tie)
あふことのいまはかたほになるふねのかざままつ身はよるかたもなし
| au koto no ima wa katao ni naru fune no kazama matsu mi wa yoru kata mo nashi | Meeting you has made me Now a reef-sailed Boat Awaiting the wind, with No course to set. |
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Right
ねでまちしはつかのつきのはつかにもあひみしことをいつかわすれむ
| nede machishi hatsuka no tsuki no hatsuka ni mo aimishi koto o itsuka wasuremu | Sleepless I awaited The twentieth night’s moon, when In the dimness We did meet— When might I forget it? |
34
Left
常盤なる松のみどりも春くれば今一しほの色まさりけり
| tokiwa naru matsu no midori mo haru kureba ima hitoshio no iro masarikeri | When to the eternal Pine’s green Spring does come, Now all the more vibrant Is its hue! |
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Right
くる春にあはむことこそかたからめ過行く方におくれずもがな
| kuru haru ni awamu koto koso katakarame sugiyuku kata ni okurezu mogana | With arriving spring To meet is truly Hard, indeed, but On the path it take passing by I would not have it linger! |
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[1] Kokinshū I: 24, attributed to Minamoto no Muneyuki.
Left (Tie)
仄かなる声を聞きては時鳥鳴きつる方をまづぞ求むる
| Fonokanaru kowe wo kikite Fa Fototogisu nakituru kata wo madu zo motomuru |
Your faint Song I do hear O, cuckoo, Along the path you call Am I in truth invited. |
9
Right
小夜更けぬ布留の都の 時鳥帰る雲路の声を聞かせよ
| sayo Fukete Furu no miyako no Fototogisu kaFeru kumodi no kowe wo kikaseyo |
The brief night dawns At the ancient capital of Furu; O, cuckoo From your homeward path among the clouds Let me hear your song! |
10
A poem composed when the officials of the government headquarters in Dazai had visited the palace at Kashii, and halted their mounts on the shore at Kashii on the way home, in the winter, Eleventh Month, Jinki 5 [729].
いざ子ども香椎の潟に白栲の袖さへ濡れて朝菜摘みてむ
| iza kodomo kasipi no kata ni sirotape no sode sape nurete asana tumitemu |
Hey, fellows all! On the tidelands of Kashii Even white mulberry Sleeves are soaked, so Let’s gather greens for breakfast! |
Ōtomo no Tabito
大伴旅人