朝戸出の君が足結を濡らす露原早く起き出でつつ我れも裳裾濡らさな
asa tode no
kimi ga ayupi wo
nurasu tuyu para
payaku oki
idetutu ware mo
mosuso nurasana
In the morning, opening the door
Bound up, your belt
Will be drenched by the dewy fields;
Swiftly rising
I, too, shall venture out and
Soak my skirt-hem…
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Collection
柿本人麻呂歌集
On parting.
朝戸出の君が姿をよく見ずて長き春日を恋ひや暮らさむ
asa tode no
kimi ga sugata wo
yoku mizute
nagaki parupi wo
kopi ya kurasamu
In the morning, opening the door
My lord’s form
I could not see well, so
How through this long spring day
Can I live with my love?
Composed on the conception of the moon over the water, at the residence of Supernumerary Middle Councillor Toshitada at Katsura.
あすも来む野路の玉川萩こえて色なる浪に月やどりけり
asu mo komu
nodi no tamakaFa
Fagi koete
ironaru nami ni
tuki yadorikeri
The morning comes, too,
To Noji’s jewelled river;
Over-running the bush-clover are
Motley waves where
The moon does lodge.
Minamoto no Shunrai
源俊頼
玉鉾の朝行く道の小笹原わくるもす裾に霜冴えにけり
tamahoko no
asa yuku michi no
ozasawara
wakuru mo suso ni
shimo saenikeri
Jewelled-spear straight
My morning’s path through
The groves of young broad-leaved bamboo;
Forging through upon my hem
How chill lies the frost!
Higo
On frogs.
背を早み落ちたぎちたる白波にかはづ鳴くなり朝夕ごとに
se wo payami
otitagititaru
siranami ni
kapadu nakunari
asayupu goto ni
The current flows so swift
There are eddies making
Whitecaps where
The frogs do call,
Morning and evening both…
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