Imperial Visits to the Fields
御かりのの草の尾花のなびくまでは風はげしきましろへのたか
mikarino no
kusa no obana no
nabiku made
hakaze hageshiki
mashiroe no taka | In the imperal hunting grounds
The fronds of silver grass
Are blown down
By the savage gusts
From white speckled hawks! |
Minamoto no Akinaka
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Sleet
夕されば雪ふるさとの柴の庵しづくにてこそみぞれとはしれ
yūsareba
yuki furu sato no
shiba no ya wa
shizuku nite koso
mizore to wa shire | When the evening comes
Snow falling upon the estate’s
Brushwood rooves
Forms droplets and
I know ‘tis sleet. |
Minamoto no Akinaka
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Falling Leaves
やどにしくにしきをみればうれしくてさすがに木のはちらばをしまる
yado ni shiku
nishiki o mireba
ureshikute
sasuga ni ko no ha
chiraba oshimaru | Spread around my house,
I gaze upon the brocade,
And am pleased;
Indeed, if the leaves from the trees
Fall, it is a pleasure! |
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The Ninth Day of the Ninth Month
人のみな命はるかにになが月と聞くにつけてぞけふはうれしき
hito no mina
inochi haruka ni
nagatsuki to
kiku ni tsukete zo
kyō wa ureshiki | For each and everyone
That life should last long;
In the Ninth Month
With chrysanthemums,
Today is pleasant, indeed! |
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Oaks 柞
山里のあらしにまよふ柞原たもとにかけてみるぞうれしき
yamazato no
arashi ni mayou
hahasowara
tamoto ni kakete
miru zo ureshiki | At a mountain dwelling
Whipped into confusion by the storm,
The oaks
Do cling upon my sleeves –
A pleasant sight to see! |
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Lightning 稲妻
はかなしや田中の里はいなづまのほどなきかげをたのみてぞふる
hakanashi ya
tanaka no sato wa
inazuma no
hodo naki kage o
tanomite zo furu | So briefly
At this dwelling among the fields
Upon the lightning’s
Lengthless light
I will rely and lie me down… |
Akinaka
Fans (扇)
つねよりも身にもしむかな夕ざれの君にあふぎのかぜの気色は
tsune yori mo
mi ni mo shimu kana
yūsare no
kimi ni ōgi no
kaze no keshiki wa |
More than normal does
It pierce my soul!
At early evening,
The sight of you
By fan’s breeze brushed… |
Minamoto no Akinaka
An allusive variation on: Horikawa hyakushu 646.
Early Evening (晩立)
夕立や雲のさわぎに風はやみ露をとどむる草のはぞなき
yūdachi ya
kumo no sawagi ni
kaze wa yami
tsuyu o todomuru
kusa no ha zo naki | An evening shower:
The clouds confused
With the dropping of the wind, and
Dewdrops lingering
On not a single blade of grass. |
Akinaka
Cicadas (蟬)
山川の岩こす波にうちそへて谷 ひびくなりせみのもろごゑ
yamakawa no
iwa kosu nami ni
uchisoete
tani hibiku nari
semi no morogoe | Mountain torrents
Cross the rocks in waves
Along with
The echoes in the valley
From the swarming cicadas’ songs. |
Akinaka
夕まぐれ下照る宿の橘の花咲くほどになるぞうれしき
yūmagure
shita teru yado no
tachibana no
hana saku hodo ni
naru zo ureshiki |
Tangled in twilight
Beneath my home gleam
Orange
Blossoms blooming, a time
Of certain joy! |
Minamoto no Akinaka
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'Simply moving and elegant'