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いかでかは思ひありともしらすべきむろの八島のけぶりならでは
ika de ka Fa omoFi ari to Fa sirasubeki muro no yasima no keburi narade Fa | In some way or other Of my passion I should tell you; For, in Muro, from Yashima Isle Rising smoke it is not! |
Lord Fujiwara no Sanekata
A poem by His Majesty, the Retired Emperor [Genshō].
波太須珠寸 尾花逆葺 黒木用 造有室者 迄萬代
はだすすき尾花逆葺き黒木もち造れる室は万代までに
hadasusuki obana sakapuki kuroki moti tukureru muro pa yoroduyo made ni | Silver Grass, reversed, for thatch, and With unbarked lumber Made, this rude dwelling For ten thousand generations, surely will endure… |
The Names of the Buddhas 仏名
かづけつけるわたひきかけよ小夜過ぎてむろへかへらんせながかくして
kazuke tsukeru wata hikikakeyo sayo sugite muro e kaeran sena ga kakushite | With his reward of Cotton held high, After a brief night’s end He returns to his cell and Hides himself within… |
Toshiyori
To a woman, at the beginning:
いかでかは思ひありとは知らすべきむろの八嶋のけぶりならでは
ika de ka Fa
omoFi ari to Fa
sirasubeki
muro no yasima no
keburi narade Fa |
In some way or other
Of my passion
I should tell you;
For, in Muro, from Yashima Isle
Rising smoke it is not! |
'Simply moving and elegant'