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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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
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? |
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… |
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