Topic unknown.
うたたねにこひしき人をみてしよりゆめてふ物はたのみそめてき
utatane ni
koFisiki Fito wo
mitesi yori
yume teFu mono Fa
tanomisometeki |
As I dozed
The man I love
Appeared, so
It is dreams that
Have begun to comfort me. |
Ono no Komachi
小野小町
Topic unknown.
思ひつつぬればや人の見えつらむ夢としりせばさめざらましを
omoFitutu
nureba ya Fito no
mieturan
yume to siriseba
samezaramasi wo |
Was I lost in thoughts of love
When I closed my eyes? He
Appeared, and
Had I known it for a dream
I would not have awakened. |
Ono no Komachi (Fl. ca. 833-857)
小野小町
Topic unknown.
秋の田のほにこそ人をこひざらめなどか心に忘れしもせむ
aki no ta no
Fo ni koso Fito wo
koFizarame
nadoka kokoro ni
wasuresi mo semu |
As an autumn field
Of ripened grain
I do not show my love;
Yet how could my heart
Ever forget you? |
Anonymous
Topic unknown.
吉野河いはきりとほし行く水のおとにはたてじこひはしぬとも
yosinogaFa
iFa kiritoFosi
yuku midu no
woto ni Fa tatezi
koFi Fa sinu tomo |
The river Yoshino,
Spurting through the rocks:
Flowing water’s
Sound-I’ll not make a one,
Though I die of love for you. |
Anonymous
Topic unknown.
葦引の山した水のこがくれてたぎつ心をせきぞかねつる
asiFiki no
yamasita midu no
kogakurete
tagitu kokoro wo
seki zo kaneturu |
From the leg-wearying
Mountain’s foot, water
Flows hidden ’mongst the forest’s shade,
Seething, my heart
Can be dammed no longer. |
Anonymous
Topic unknown.
ゆふづく夜さすやをかべの松のはのいつともわかぬこひもするかな
yuFuduku yo
sasu ya wokabe no
matu no Fa no
itu to mo wakanu
koFi mo suru kana |
On a moonlit night
The beams strike the hillside
Through the pine needles
All year round,
As constant is my longing. |
Anonymous
Topic unknown.
するがなるたごの浦浪たたぬひはあれども君をこひぬ日ぞなき
suruga naru
tago no uranami
tatanu Fi Fa
aredomo kimi wo
koFinu Fi Fa nasi |
In Suruga
At Tago beach the waves
Break not, on the odd day,
But you:
Never comes the day I do not love you. |
Anonymous
Topic unknown.
わがこひはむなしきそらにみちぬらし思ひやれども行くかたもなし
wa ga koFi Fa
munasiki sora ni
mitinurasi
omoFiyaredomo
yuku kata mo nasi |
My love,
The vast spaces of the sky
Has filled, it seems, for
Though I try to send it on,
There’s nowhere it can go. |
Anonymous
Topic unknown.
ちはやぶるかもの社のゆふだすきひとひも君をかけぬ日はなし
tiFayaburu
kamo no yasiro no
yuFudasuki
Fito Fi mo kimi wo
kakenu Fi Fa nasi |
At puissant
Kamo Shrine
Mulberry cord ties up the sleeves
Every day; and of you
There’s not a single day that I think not. |
Anonymous
Topic unknown.
夕ぐれは雲のはたてに物ぞ思ふあまつそらなる人をこふとて
yuFugure Fa
kumo no hatate ni
mono zo omoFu
amatusora naru
Fito wo koFu tote |
At evening time,
Beyond the streaming clouds
Are my thoughts, in
The firmament with
The one I love. |
Anonymous
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