Next Door 隣
中がきにおふる草木のはをしげみ夏ぞとなりはうとく成りける
nakagaki ni
ouru kusaki no
ha o shigemi
natsu zo tonari wa
utoku narikeru | The fence between is
Overgrown with plants with
Leaves so lush, that
In summer, next door
Seems far away, indeed! |
Daishin
Next Door 隣
もろともにまぢかきほどにすまひしていざ垣ごしに物語せん
morotomo ni
majikaki hodo ni
sumaishite
iza kakigoshi ni
monogatarisen | Together
Cheek by jowl
We live,
So, through the fence gap
Do we chat together! |
Higo
Next Door 隣
隣よりあし火のけぶりもれきつつたかぬさとにもすすたりぬべし
tonari yori
ashibi no keburi
morekitsutsu
takanu sato ni mo
susu tarinubeshi | From next door
The smoke from reed-torches is
Always flooding across, so
Even my home where we light them not
Has soot aplenty! |
Kanemasa
Next Door 隣
たらちねのさらにとなりをかへけるも子をおもふゆゑと聞くぞかなしき
tarachine no
sara ni tonari o
kaekeru mo
ko o omou yue to
kiku zo kanashiki | Motherly,
Once again next door
Has she returned—
Out of longing for her child,
I hear—how sad that is… |
Tadafusa
Next Door 隣
かきごしにほのめくだにもあるものをねたくも梅のあるじなるかな
kakigoshi ni
honomeku dani mo
aru mono o
netaku mo ume no
aruji naru kana | Through a gap in the fence
But faint does
It seem to be;
How I envy that plum blossom’s
Master! |
Toshiyori
Next Door 隣
色かへてふりぬる物は年たかきとなりの松とわれとなりけり
iro kaete
furinuru mono wa
toshi takaki
tonari no matsu to
ware to narikeri | Hues do change as
Age falls upon one:
Towering with years have
Both the pines next door and
I become. |
Nakazane
Next Door 隣
冬くれば中がきあけて我がやどをへだてもなくや君もみるらん
fuyu kureba
nakagaki akete
wa ga yado o
hedate mo naku ya
kimi mo miruran | Winter has come, so
The fence between I’ll open up and
Into my home
With nothing in your way
Might you turn your gaze? |
Akinaka
'Simply moving and elegant'