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をしかふす夏のの草の道をなみしげき恋ぢにまどふ比かな
oshika fusu
natsuno no kusa no
michi o nami
shigeki koiji ni
madou koro kana | Stags lie
Within the summer meadow grasses—
All the paths are lost in
Lush paths of love where
I wander lost these days! |
Sakanoue no Korenori
Created with Soan.
山辺にはさつ男のねらひ畏けどを鹿鳴くなり妻が目を欲り
yamabe ni pa
satu wono nerapi
kasikokedo
wosika nakunari
tuma ga me o pori | In the mountain meadows
A hunter takes his aim, and
Though he is afraid
The stag cries out,
Longing for his mate. |
Anonymous
[One of] Seven poems composed at a banquet at the residence of the Tachibana Minister of the Right.
この岡に小鹿踏み起しうかねらひかもかもすらく君故にこそ
kono woka ni
osika pumi’okosi
ukanerapi
kamokamo suraku
kimi yuwe ni koso | Upon this hill
My tread has awoken the fauns
While sighting my aim;
Everything and anything we do
Is for you, my Lord. |
Kosobe no Shitsuma
巨曽倍津嶋
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宮城野の萩や雄鹿の妻ならん花咲きしより声の色なる
miyagino no
Fagi ya wosika no
tuma naran
Fana sakisi yori
kowe no iro naru |
On Miyagi plain
Has the bush clover the stag’s
Bride become?
For since the blossom bloomed
His cry takes on its passionate hue. |
Fujiwara no Mototoshi
藤原基俊
この頃は宮城野みにこそまじりけれ君を雄鹿の角もとむとて
kono goro Fa
miyagino ni koso
mazirikere
kimi wo wosika no
tuno mo tomu tote |
Around this time
Miyagi plain
You do traverse;
“My Lord, of the stags’
Antlers take heed”, I’d say! |
Minamoto no Shigeyuki
源重之
Summer Hunting (夏猟)
夏草のしげみにかかるせこなはにもるるをしかにあひはづれつつ
natsu kusa no
shigemi ni kakaru
sekonawa ni
moruru oshika ni
aihazuretsutsu | The summer grasses’
Lush growth is hung with
The hunters’ snares:
Avoiding them, the stags
All are growing distant… |
Nakazane
仲実
何ごとを思ひ乱れていとかやま心ぼそげにをしか鳴くらむ
nanigoto o
omoimidarete
itokayama
kokorobosogeni
oshika nakuramu |
What is it that
Has his thoughts in such confusion?
On Itoka Mountain in
Sad solitude
A single belling stag… |
'Simply moving and elegant'
