New Year’s Day
たび人のかりのしの屋に年くれて今日ふたとせになりにけるかな
tabibito no
kari no shinoya ni
toshi kurete
kyō futa tose ni
narinikeru kana | For a traveller
In a rude hut roofed with coarse bamboo
The year comes to an end, and
From today, a second year
Has arrived! |
Akinaka
Ivy
太山木の色かへぬ枝も見えぬまでかかれる蔦は紅葉しにけり
miyamagi no
iro kaenu e mo
mienu made
kakareru tsuta wa
momijishinikeri | Deep within the mountains, trees’
Hues have changed, so even the boughs
Are gone from view;
The dangling ivy
Has turned completely scarlet. |
Minamoto no Akinaka
源顕仲
橡の衣の色はかはらねど一重になればめづらしき哉
turubami no
koromo no iro Fa
kaFarenedo
FitoFe ni nareba
medurasiki kana |
An oak-dyed
Robe’s shade
Does never change, yet
When but a single layer has it become,
How rare it is, indeed! |
Minamoto no Akinaka
源顕仲
Left (Win).
思ひあまりながむる空の掻き曇り月さへ我を厭ひつるかな
omoFi’amari
nagamuru sora no
kakikumori
tuki saFe ware wo
itoFituru kana |
Filled full with love
The sky on which I turn my gaze
Is drowned in darkness;
Even the moon from me
Does shy! |
The Consultant Middle Captain 宰相中将
[Minamoto no Kuninobu 源国信]
25
Right.
嵐吹く夜寒の里の寝覚めにはいとど人こそ恋ひしかりけれ
arasi Fuku
yo samu no sato no
nezame ni Fa
itodo Fito koso
koFisikarikere |
Stom winds rage
Round my night-chilled home;
Starting from sleep
How much more do
I love her now… |
The Minister of Justice 刑部卿
[Minamoto no Akinaka 源顕仲]
26
Composed on love at the dawn.
さりともと思ふ限は忍ばれて鳥と共にぞ音は鳴かれける
saritomo to
omoFu kagiri Fa
sinobarete
tori to tomo ni zo
ne Fa nakareru |
“Even if it’s so…”
The depth of my love
I will conceal and
Simply with the birds
Cry myself out. |
Head of the Department of Shintō [Minamoto no] Akinaka
神祇伯顕仲
Love on Sight
見ても猶飽かぬ心の尽きせねば恋しきことぞ変らざりける
mite mo naFo
akanu kokoro no
tukiseneba
koFisiki koto zo
kaFarazarikeru |
I have seen you, and still
Unsated is my heart and
Never tiring, so
My love for you
Will never change. |
Minamoto no Akinaka
源顕仲
Hidden Love
物おもふといはぬばかりはしのぶれどいかがはすへき袖のしづくを
mono’omou to
iwanu bakari wa
shinoburedo
ikaga wa subeki
sode no shizuku o | That I am sunk in thought
I simply do not say;
I keep it hidden, yet
What am I to do about
The droplets on my sleeves? |
Minamoto no Akinaka
源顕仲
足拭きの蚕屋の玉繭いつの間にいとかくばかり苦しかるらむ
asiFuki no
koya no tamamayu
itu no ma ni
ito kaku bakari
kurusikaruramu |
Foot-wiping before
The silkworm hut’s gemmed cocoons
And in a moment
That is exactly how
I seemed struck with pain! |
Minamoto no Akinaka
源顕仲
The Names of the Buddhas
ことの葉に三世の仏の名をかけてつくれるつみは露もとまらじ
koto no ha ni
miyo no hotoke no
na o kakete
tsukureru tsumi wa
tsuyu mo tomaraji | Aloud
All three worlds’ Buddhas’
Names we do recite, that
Our committed sins
Shall not linger as the dew… |
Minamoto no Akinaka
源顕仲
Brushwood
ふる雪もをやめやをやめをの山にしひ柴かるはしばしばかりぞ
furu yuki mo
oyame ya oyame
ono yama ni
shiishiba karu wa
shibashi bakari zo | The falling snow
Pauses but briefly on
Mount Ono;
For gathering brushwood is
There but a little while! |
Minamoto no Akinaka
源顕仲
'Simply moving and elegant'