あしびきの山よりおくにやどもがな年のくまじきかくれがにせむ
ashihiki no
yama yori oku ni
yado mogana
toshi no kumajiki
kakurega ni semu | Deeper than the leg-wearying
Mountains’ depth
I would make my home
That the years will not come there,
To my hidden hut. |
397
われのみぞかなしとはおもふ浪のよる山のひたひに雪のふれれば
ware nomi zo
kanashi to wa omou
nami no yoru
yama no hitahi ni
yuki no furereba | I am simply
Sunk in sadness, for
Where waves break against
The mountains’ face
Snow has fallen… |
376
おのづからさびしくもあるか山ふかみ草のいほりの雪の夕ぐれ
onozukara
sabishiku mo aru ka
yama fukami
kusa no iori no
yuki no yūgure | All by itself
Lonely sadness comes upon me
Deep within the mountains
In a hut of grass
On a snowy evening… |
375
はらへただ雪わけ衣ぬきをうすみつもればさむし山おろしの風
harae tada
yuki wakegoromo
nuki o usumi
tsumoreba samushi
yama’oroshi no kaze | Just blow it away!
For my snow-gear
Has scanty weft-threads, so
When it piles up, ‘tis so cold,
O, wild wind off the mountains! |
372
まきの戸を朝あけの雲の衣手に雪を吹きまく山おろしの風
maki no to o
asa’ake no kumo no
koromode ni
yuki o fukimaku
yama’oroshi no kaze | My door of cedarwood
I open with the morning, and from the clouds
Onto my sleeves
Snow is blown, whipped by
The wild wind off the moutains. |
371
み山にはしら雪ふれりしがらきのまきの杣人道たどるらし
miyama ni wa
shirayuki fureri
shigaraki no
maki no somabito
michi tadorurashi | Deep within the mountains
Snow so white has fallen, that
In Shigaraki
The cedar woodcutter
Must struggle to make his way. |
369
山たかみあけはなれゆく横雲の絶間にみゆる峰の白雪
yama takami
ake wa nareyuku
yokogumo no
taema ni miyuru
mine no shirayuki | High above the mountains
Dawn is brightening, and
Through the trailing cloud
Gaps I see
The peaks in snow so white. |
365
おく山のいはねにおふるすがのねのねもころごろにふれる白雪
okuyama no
iwane ni ouru
suga no ne no
nemokorogoro ni
fureru shirayuki | Deep with the mountains,
The crags are covered, like
Sedge roots into
Every nook and cranny by
Fallen snow. |
361
ささのはのみ山もそよにあられふりさむき霜よを独かもねん
sasa no ha no
miyama mo soyo ni
arare furi
samuki shimo o
hitori kamo nen | Dwarf bamboo leaves
Deep within the mountains rustle with
A fall of hail—
With this frost, so cold,
O, must I sleep alone? |
349
Hail on the mountainside.
雲ふかきみやまのあらしさえさえていこまのたけに霰ふるらし
kumo fukaki
miyama no arashi
saesaete
ikoma no take ni
arare fururashi | Clouds are heavy
Deep within the mountains, where the storm
Is so chill, and
Upon the peak of Ikoma
Hail does seem to fall. |
347
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