Figurasi (Cicada)
そま人は宮木ひくらしあしひきの山の山びこよびとよむなり
| somabito Fa miyaki Fikurasi asiFiki no yama no yamabiko yobitoyomu nari |
The woodcutters Are felling palace logs all day, it seems, Leg-wearying From the mountains echoes Resound. |
Ki no Tsurayuki
紀貫之
Topic unknown.
きみがさすみかさの山のもみぢばのいろ
神な月しぐれのあめのそめるなりけり
| kimi ga sasu mikasa no yama no momidiba no iro kaminaduki sigure no ame no someru narikeri |
My lord hangs Garlands of Mikasa Mountain’s Scarlet leaves’ hue: The Godless Month’s Showers of rain Have dyed them. |
Tsurayuki
貫之
On a day when the Priestly Retired Emperor [Uda (867-931; r. 887-897)] was at the Western River, Tsurayuki composed this poem on the topic of ‘cranes standing on a sandbank’ by imperial command.
あしたづのたてる河邊を吹く風によせてかへらぬ浪かとぞ見る
| asitadu no tateru kaFabe wo Fuku kaze ni yosete kaFeranu nami ka to zo miru |
Cranes among the reeds Standing by the water’s edge: The gusting wind has Brought near, and not retrieved These whitecaps, or so it seems. |
Tsurayuki
貫之
When he had gone to Naniwa, he met with rain on Tamino Island and composed this poem:
あめによりたみのの島をけふゆけど名にはかくれぬ物にぞ有りける
| ame ni yori tamino no sima wo keFu yukedo na ni Fa kakurenu mono ni zo arikeru | On account of rain To Tamino Isle, raincoat clad, I went today, yet Naniwa, so well-known, conceals The place! |
Tsurayuki
貫之
When Tsurayuki was in the province of Izumi, Tadafusa came over from Yamato and composed and sent this poem.
君を思ひおきつのはまになくたづの尋ねくればぞありとだにきく
| kimi wo omoFi okitu no Fama ni naku tadu no tadune kureba zo ari to dani kiku |
Concerned for you By Okitsu beach The calling cranes Come and enquire Finding you in good health, at least. |
Fujiwara no Tadafusa