禊する瀬見の小川の清き瀬に君が齢を猶祈るかな
| misogisuru semi no wogaFa no kiyoki se ni kimi ga yoFaFi wo naFo inoru kana |
In cleansing Semi Stream’s Pure rapids For my Lord’s long life I will ever pray! |
Minamoto no Shitagō
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Shitagō-shū 174
祈事を聞かず洗ふる神だにも今日は夏越と人は知らなむ
| negigoto wo kikazu araFuru kami dani mo keFu Fa nagosi to Fito Fa siranamu |
Prayers Unheeding, and bathing Are the gods themselves; That this day is the summer purification Do all folk know! |
Minamoto no Shitagō
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Shitagō-shū 8
ほのぼのと明石の浜を見渡しば春の浪わけ出づる船の帆
| Fonobono to akasi no Fama wo miwataseba Faru no namiwake iduru Fune no Fo |
In the gloaming When across the beach at Akashi I sweep my gaze, Cutting through the springtime waves Are the sails of departing boats. |
Minamoto no Shitagō
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SIX XIV: 877
When converting the Man’yōshū to Japanese.
涙河底のみくづとなりはてて恋しきせぜに流れこそすれ
| namidagaFa soko no mikudu to nariFatete koFisiki seze ni nagare koso sure |
A river of tears: As flotsam on the bed Will I finally become, should Love in rapids Flow so much… |
Minamoto no Shitagō
SIS XII: 757
When converting the Man’yōshū to Japanese.
思ふらむ心の内をしらぬ身はしぬばかりにもあらじとぞ思ふ
| omoFuramu kokoro no uti wo siranu mi Fa sinu bakari ni mo arazi to zo omoFu |
I seem to feel The secrets of your heart I cannot know So all that is left for me is to die Is it not, I feel… |
Minamoto no Shitagō
SIS I: 68
For a poetry competition held in the Tenryaku era.
春ふかみゐてのかは浪たちかへり見てこそゆかめ山吹の花
| Faru Fukami wide no kaFanami tatikaFeri mite koso yukame yamabuki no Fana |
In the depths of spring Waves on the river at Idé Rise and fall endlessly; Thus would I go and see The kerria blooms… |
Minamoto no Shitagō
SIS III: 198
Composed for a folding screen in the residence of Nishinomiya Minister of the Left [Minamoto no Taka’akira (914-983)], to accompany an image of a group of women in travelling clothes among the autumn leaves on the path across the Shiga Mountains.
名を聞けば昔ながらの山なれどしぐるる秋は色まさりけり
| na wo kikeba mukasi nagara no yama naredo sigururu aki Fa iro masarikeri |
When I hear its name, Long ago as now This mountain is, yet In the autumn drizzle Are its colours supreme! |
Minamoto no Shitagō (911-983)
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SIS VI: 318
For the farewell feast, when Kanemori was sent to Suruga as Governor.
別地は渡せる橋もなき物をいかでか常に戀ひ渡べき
| wakaredi Fa wataseru Fasi mo naki mono wo ikadeka tune ni koFi watarubeki |
Your parting path: Spanned by bridges, Now gone, so How, as ever, Should we send you our love? |
SIS II: 85
From a folding screen in the palace of His Majesty, former Emperor En’yū (959-991; r. 969-984).
| murasaki no Fudi saku matu no kozuwe ni Fa moto no midori mo miezu zo arikeru |
The violet Wisteria blooms upon the pine’s Treetops: The green beneath Has quite vanished. |