歎きわび世をそむくべきかたしらずよしののおくも住みうしといへり
nagekiwabi yo o somukubeki kata shirazu yoshino no oku mo sumi’ushi to ieri Griving and sorrowing, From this world to withdraw, I have no way, for In the depths of Yoshino To dwell is hard, they say. [i]
689
[i] See: Topic unknown. みよしのの山のあなたにやどもがな世のうき時のかくれがにせむ miyoshino no / yama no anata ni / yado mogana / yo no uki toki no / kakurega ni semu ‘On Yoshino / Mountain’s yonder side / I would there were a house! / For when I do despise the world / There would I hide away!’ Anonymous (Kokinshū XVIII: 950 )
もらしわびぬしのぶのおくの山ふかみ木がくれてゆく谷川の水
morashiwabinu shinobu no oku no yama fukami kogakureteyuku tanikawa no mizu Drenched in suffering Deep within Shinobu’s secret Mountain depths Hidden ‘neath the trees flows The waters of a mountain stream.
451
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
Snow at a retreat[i]
ふるさとはうらさびしともなきものをよし野のおくの雪の夕ぐれ
furusato wa urasabishi to mo naki mono o yoshino no oku no yuki no yūgure At the ancient capital Filled with lonely sadness I am not, yet Deep in Yoshino Snow falls in the evening…
383
わが庵はよし野のおくの冬ごもり雪降りつみてとふ人もなし
wa ga io wa yoshino no oku no fuyugomori yuki furitsumite tou hito mo nashi My hut lies In Yoshino’s depths, Sealed in by winter’s Drifting snow where Not a soul comes visiting…
374
Composed as a spring poem, when he presented poems to the Poetry Office.
葛城やたかまの桜さきにけりたつたのおくにかかる白雲
kazuragi ya takama no sakura sakinikeri tatsuta no oku ni kakaru shirakumo In Kazuragi, On Takama peak the cherry Has bloomed! To the heart of Tatsuta Cling clouds of white…[1]
Jakuren
Created with Soan .
[1] An allusive variation on KKS I: 59 and Wakan rōeishū II: 409/SKKS XI: 990 .
Topic unknown.
むつのくの奥ゆかしくぞ思ほゆる壺の石文そとの浜風
mutunoku no
oku yukasiku zo
omoFoyuru
tubo no isibumi
soto no Famakaze
Michinoku’s
Heart, I long
For in
Tsubo-no-ishibumi, where
The wind blows from off the beach.
Saigyō
'Simply moving and elegant'