A fishermen’s poem from Toyo.
豊国の企救の池なる菱の末を摘むとや妹がみ袖濡れけむ
| toyo kuni no kiku no ike naru pisi no ure o tumu to ya imo ga misode nurekemu |
In the land of Toyo At Kiku Pond Water chestnut shoots Have you been picking, darling? For your dear sleeves are soaked… |
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津の国のなには思はず山城の鳥羽に逢ひ見むことをのみこそ
| tu no kuni no naniFa omoFazu yamasiro no toba ni aFimimu koto wo nomi koso |
In the land of Tsu, Nothing is in my heart; In Yamashiro, In Toba, would I meet You and that is all! |
Anonymous
A poem by Prince Yuge.
霍公鳥なかる国にも行きてしかその鳴く声を聞けば苦しも
| pototogisu nakaru kuni ni mo yukitesika sono naku kowe wo kikeba kurusi mo |
Where the cuckoo Is not – that is the land where I would go! For the sound of his song Within my ears brings only pain… |
弓削皇子
[One of] two poems about Kumanori, Lord Ōtomo.
国遠き道の長手をおほほしく今日や過ぎなむ言どひも
| kuni topoki miti no nagate wo opoposiku kepu ya suginamu kotodopi mo naku |
In a distant land At the long road’s end In heavy sorrow Will you spend your last day? With no word with them… |
Asada no Yasu
麻田陽春