こはた河こはたがいひし事のはぞなきなすすがむたきつせもなし
kohatagaFa
ko Fa ta ga iFisi
koto no Fa zo
nakina susugamu
takituse mo nasi | At Kohata River
Who is it said
Those words?
To wash away a baseless rumour
No rushing rapids are there… |
Anonymous
そめ河にやどかる浪のはやければなき名立つとも今は怨みじ
somekaFa ni
yado karu nami no
Fayakereba
nakina tatu tomo
ima Fa uramizi | Upon the Somé River
Waves make their home
Swiftly they run, so
Even a baseless rumour
I may not despise now… |
Minamoto no Shigeyuki
唐衣我はかたなのふれなくにまづたつ物はなき名なりけり
karakoromo
ware Fa katana no
Furenaku ni
madu tatu mono Fa
nakina narikeri | Upon a Cathay robe
Splitting sword I
Have not laid my hand, yet
First to arise are
Baseless rumours. |
無き名のみたつの市とはさわげどもいさまだ人をうるよしもなし
nakina nomi
tatu no iti to Fa
sawagedomo
isa mada Fito wo
uru yosi mo nasi | Groundless rumours,
As Tatsu market
Make a racket, but,
Well, I have yet on her
To be sold! |
Hitomaro
なき名のみたつたの山のあをつづら又くる人も見えぬ所に
nakina nomi
tatuta no yama no
awotudura
mata kuru Fito mo
mienu tokoro ni | Groundless rumours, alone,
Arise, as on Tatsuta Mountain
Fresh creepers
Wind their way where no one
Comes to see, yet… |
Topic unknown.
春の野におふるなきなのわびしきは身をつみてだに人のしらぬよ
haru no no ni
oFuru nakina no
wabisiki Fa
mi o tumite dani
Fito no siranu yo | On the plains in springtime
Grow herbs—groundless rumours
Leave me desolate,
My flesh plucked, though
No one knows at all! |
Anonymous
Original
もみぢばはきりのたつにもちりけるをかぜをかたなとおもひけるかな
momijiba wa
kiri no tatsu ni mo
chirikeru o
kaze o katana to
omoikeru kana | The scarlet leaves with
The rising mists
Do scatter—
The wind a sword
Truly does seem! |
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Left
もみぢばはあきのかぜこそさそひけれきりのなきなをたつぞあやしき
momijiba wa
aki no kaze koso
sasoikere
kiri no nakina o
tatsu zo ayashiki | The scarlet leaves
By the winds of autumn, truly,
Are invited;
That baseless rumours of the mists
Arise is strange, indeed! |
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Right
からにしきかぜのたつらんもみぢばはきりのたつにもおくれざりけり
karanishiki
kaze no tatsuran
momijiba wa
kiri no tatsu ni mo
okurezarikeri | Cathay brocade
The rising wind seeming to shear
Scarlet leaves,
Even the rising of the mists
Will not delay it.¯ |
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Composed on the beginning of love.
無名たつ人だに世にはある物を君戀る身と知られぬぞうき
nakina tatu
Fito dani yo ni Fa
aru mono wo
kimi koFuru mi to
sirarenu zo uki |
Baseless rumours rise
Of folk in this world –
That happens, but
That I love you
Goes unknown is painful, indeed! |
Jitsugen
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