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山ふかくさこそ心はかよふともすまであはれをしらんものかは
yama fukaku
sa koso kokoro wa
kayou tomo
sumade aware o
shiran mono ka wa |
Deep within the mountains
Is the focus
Of my thoughts, yet
Not dwelling there, their charm:
Will I ever know it? |
The Monk Saigyō
西行
In reply.
さしてゆく山のはもみなかきくもり心のそらにきえし月かげ
sashite yuku
yama no ha mo mina
kakikumori
kokoro no sora ni
kieshi tsuki kage |
I turned towards
The mountains’ crests, but all
Were wreathed with cloud;
My heart, within the sky
Expired with the moonlight. |
Anonymous.
As a spring poem:
あづさゆみはる山ちかくいゑゐしてたえずきゝつる鶯のこゑ
azusayumi
haru yama chikaku
ie ishite
taezu kikituru
uguisu no koe |
A catalpa bow
Drawn – the mountains in springtime, nearby
I dwell,
Hearing endlessly
The warbler’s song. |
Yamabe no Akahito
山部赤人
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山高みした行く水のしたにのみ流れてこひむこひはしぬとも
yama takami
sita yuku midu no
sita ni nomi
nagarete koFimu
koFi Fa sinu tomo |
From the mountain’s heights
To its foot flows water
Ever downwards; all hidden
Are my tears of longing,
Though I well may die for love of you. |
Anonymous
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しのぶれど戀しき時はあしひきの山より月のいでてこそ來れ
sinoburedo
koFisiki toki Fa
asiFiki no
yama yori tuki no
idete koso kure |
A secret it is, but
When I feel love rise,
From leg wearying
Mountains, the moon
Sets out, and so do I. |
Tsurayuki
貫之
Composed on mountains.
春は萌え夏は綠に紅の綵色に見ゆる秋の山かも
paru pa moe
natu pa midöri ni
kurenawi nö
simi iro ni miyuru
aki nö yama ka mo |
In spring they bud and
In summer turn to green;
Scarlet
Colour dyed they seem:
Mountains in the autumn. |
'Simply moving and elegant'