When he had finally, after great effort, received a letter from a woman who would give him no reply.
跡みれば心なぐさのはまちどり今は声こそきかまほしけれ
ato mireba
kokoro nagusa no
Famatidori
ima Fa kowe koso
kikamaFosikere | Seeing these tracks
Does ease my heart
Plover on the beach, but
Now, it is your voice, indeed,
That I long to hear more!’ |
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わすられむ時しのべとや浜千鳥ゆくへもしらぬあとをとどむる
wasuraremu
toki sinobe to ya
Famatidori
yukuFe mo siranu
ato wo todomuru | When I had been forgotten,
Those times I would have you recall!
As plovers on the beach,
Bound I know not where,
Leaving only these tracks behind. |
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春風のなほ吹上の浜千鳥色なき花の波になくなり
harukaze no
nao fukiage no
hamachidori
iro naki hana no
nami ni nakunari | A breeze of spring
Yet blows up Fukiage, where
The plovers on the beach,
Blossoms without hue,
Cry among the waves. |
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Autumn
千鳥なくさほの河ぎりたちぬらし山のこのはも色まさりゆく
tidori naku
saFo no kaFagiri
tatinurasi
yama no ko no Fa mo
iro masariyuku | Plovers cry from
The River Sao, where
Mists have risen, it seems;
The leaves of trees upon the mountain, too
Are turning finer hues. |
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淡路島かよふ千鳥のしばしばもはねかくまなく恋ひやわたらん
awajishima
kayou chidori no
shibashiba mo
hane kaku ma naku
koi ya wataran | Above Awaji Isle
Back and forth the plovers go
Not even a brief
Break between their wingbeats—
Will my love for her go on and on? |
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わが恋は百しまめぐるはま千どり行へもしらぬかたに鳴くなり
wa ga koi wa
momoshima meguru
hamachidori
yukue mo shiranu
kata ni naku nari | My love is as:
Wheeling o’er the islands,
The beach-plovers,
Whither bound unknowing,
Crying out above the sands at ebbtide… |
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Plovers at a famous location.
衣手に浦のまつかぜさえわびてふきあげの月に千どり鳴くなり
koromode ni
ura no matsukaze
saewabite
fukiage no tsuki ni
chidori nakunari | Upon my sleeves
The pinewinds on the shore
Cast an unbearable chill, as
At Fukiage beneath the moon
The plovers cry. |
357
Plovers on a cold night.
風さむみよのふけゆけばいもが島かたみのうらに千鳥なくなり
kaze samumi
yo no fukeyukeba
imogashima
katami no ura ni
chidori nakunari | So chill the wind
As the night wears on
At Imogashima,
On Katami Shore
The plovers cry. |
356
月きよみさ夜更行けばいせしまやいちしのうらに千どりなくなり
tsuki kiyomi
sayo fukeyukeba
iseshima ya
ichishi no ura ni
chidori nakunari | Pure the moon
As brief night wears on
At Ise’s isle—
From the shore at Ichishi
The plovers cry. |
355
よをさむみ浦の松風吹きむすびむしあけの波に千鳥なくなり
yo o samumi
ura no matsukaze
fukimusubi
mushiake no nami ni
chidori nakunari | So cold the night, that
The pinewinds on the shore are
Choked in their blowing, as
Upon the waves at Mushiake
The plovers cry. |
354
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