Waterfalls 滝
谷川やおちくる滝のしらいとを水のあやには織るにやあるらん
tanikawa ya
ochikuru taki no
shira’ito o
mizu no aya ni wa
oru ni ya aruran | From a stream within the valley
Comes tumbling a cataract of
White threads:
A motley pattern of water
Do they seem to weave? |
Daishin
Blankets 衾
あせいらばうれたくせこはおもはじや人はだふるなまだらこぶすま
ase iraba
uretaku seko wa
omowaji ya
hito wa taburu na
madara kobusuma | If I’m drenched with sweat,
Should I crossly the world
Cast from my thoughts?
O, don’t drive folk mad,
You motley blankets! |
Nakazane
Love on Sight
競ひつる尾斑の駒の待つ立ちてかつ見る人も恋しかりけり
kioFituru
obuti no koma no
matu tatite
katu miru hito mo
koFisikarikeri |
The racing
Motley mounts
Await and depart;
Someone seen but once before
Is dear, indeed! |
Minamoto no Kanemasa
源兼昌
'Simply moving and elegant'