Old Folk 老人
朝露をひさしき物とおもふ世にほとけの兄にいかでなりけん
| asatsuyu o hisashiki mono to omou yo ni hotoke no ani ni ikade nariken | My morning dew is A thing of times long gone I feel, but in this world The Buddha’s four-score years and one How might I attain? |
Nakazane
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KKS VIII: 375
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唐衣たつ日はきかじ朝露のおきてしゆけはけぬへきものを
| karagoromo tatu Fi Fa kikazi asatuyu no okitesi yuke Fa kenubeki mono wo |
A Cathay robe Sewn – that you leave today I had not heard, so As the morning dew Falls and is gone Shall I vanish, too… |
Anonymous
Kokin rokujō I: 818
朝露のおくての稲は稲妻を恋ふと濡れてや乾かざるらむ
| asatuyu no okute no ine Fa inaduma wo koFu to nurete ya kawakazaruramu |
Morning dew Falls upon the sprouting rice; Is it the lightning’s Love that wets it, so It does never seem to dry? |
Hitomaro-shū 97
朝顔の朝露置きて咲くと言へど夕顔にこそ匂ひましけれ
| asagao no asatsuyu okite saku to iedo yūgao ni koso nioimashikere |
Upon the morning glory Drops the morning dew; It blooms, they say, yet It is the moonflower I would rather scent… |