鵲のはにおくつゆの丸きばしふみみぬさきにきえやわたらん
kasasagi no
ha ni oku tsuyu no
marokibashi
fumi minu saki ni
kie ya wataran | Upon magpie
Wings fall dewdrops, while
Upon a log-bridge, I
Set foot; no letter from you before me, so
Shall I vanish, in my crossing? |
416
On frost forming in the moonlight.
月影のしろきをみればかささぎのわたせるはしに霜ぞ置きける
tsukikage no
shiroki o mireba
kasasagi no
wataseru hashi ni
shimo zo okikeru | When the moonlight,
White, I see,
Upon the magpie
Crossed bridge
Frost has fallen! |
343
The moon in the four seasons.
天河夜わたる月もこほるらん霜にしもおくかささぎのはし
ama no kawa
yo wataru tsuki mo
kōruran
shimo ni shimo oku
kasasagi no hashi | The River of Heaven, and
The night-traversing moon, too,
Seem to freeze—
Frost atop of frost falls
On a bridge of magpie wings. |
Teika
A night when the moon had been bright at the beginning of autumn
天の原雲なきよゐに久かたの月さえわたるかささぎの橋
ama no hara
kumo naki yoi ni
hisakata no
tsuki saewataru
kasasagi no hashi | At the plain of Heaven,
On a cloudless night
The eternal
Moon shines chill upon
A bridge of magpie wings. |
'Simply moving and elegant'
