On thunder.
天のはら鳴る神いかに思ふらんけふは身をしる雨とこそふれ
| ama no hara naru kami ika ni omouran kyō wa mi o shiru ame to koso fure | From the plain of Heaven Sounds the Gods’ thunder—what Might they be thinking? For today my misery as Rain does fall on! |
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SIS I: 18
Kanpyō no ōntoki kisai no miya uta’awase 63
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雪ふりて年のくれゆく時にこそ終にもみぢぬ松も見えけれ
| yuki furite toshi no kurenuru toki ni koso tsui ni momijinu matsu mo miekere | Snow falls and The year reaches its evening, It is at this time that Truly, evergreen The pine tree seems. |
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我が宿は雪ふる野辺に道もなしいづこはかとか人のとめこむ
| wa ga yado wa yuki furu nobe ni michi mo nashi izuko wa ka to ka hito no tomekomu | My home lies Upon the snow-covered plain With no path to it; ‘Where might it lie?’ ask Folk come a’searching. |
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[1] Kokinshū VI: 340/Kokin rokujō I: 244
SIS IV: 242
Eikyū hyakushu 542
Minbukyō yukihira uta’awase 10
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時鳥今宵はとまれ片岡の朝の原に帰りやせぬ
| Fototogisu koyoFi Fa tomare katawoka no asita no Fara ni kaFeri ya senu |
O, cuckoo Stay here this night, and Down the hillside With the morning to the plain Will you not return? |
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我が宿に声な惜しみそ時鳥通ふ千里のゆきはてぞ此は
| wa ga yado ni kowe na osimi so Fototogisu kayoFu tisato no yukiFate zo ko Fa |
At my home I regret not your song, O, cuckoo, For your thousand league Journey’s end lies here. |
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