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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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After numerous people offered poems on plovers by the seashore.
夕づくよみつしほあひのかたを浪なみにしをれてなく千鳥かな
yūzukuyo
mitsu shioai no
kata o nami
nami ni shiorete
naku chidori kana | On a moonlit evening
The swelling tides
Align in the offing,
Weakened by the waves
Are the plovers’ cries! |
353
降りつもる雪ふむいそのはま千どり浪にしをれてよはになくなり
furitsumoru
yuki fumu iso no
hamachidori
nami ni shiorete
yowa ni nakunari | Fallen, piled high,
The snows are trod upon the rocky shore
By plovers on the beach,
Weakened by the waves,
Come their cries at midnight. |
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Plovers
夕づくよさほの河風身にしみて袖より過ぐる千どり鳴くなり
yūzukuyo
sao no kawakaze
mi ni shimite
sode yori suguru
chidori nakunari | On a moonlit evening
The wind from off the River Sao
Pierces my flesh
Passing o’er my sleeves
Carrying the plovers’ cries. |
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The moon above the riverside in winter.
千どりなくさほの河原の月きよみ衣手さむしよやふけぬらん
chidori naku
sao no kawara no
tsuki kiyomi
koromode samushi
yo ya fukenuran | Plovers cry, above
The riverside at Sao, where
The pure moon
Is cold upon my sleeves—
Might the night be wearing on? |
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As a moon poem
月きよみ秋のよいたくふけにけりさほの川原に千鳥しばなく
tsuki kiyomi
aki no yo itaku
fukenikeri
sao no kawara ni
chidori shiba naku | Pure is the moon
On this autumn night so
Late;
From the riverside at Sao
Piercing are the plovers’ cries. |
Composed on plovers on the road to the barrier.
あはぢしまかよふちどりの鳴く声にいくよねざめぬすまの関もり
awajishima
kayou chidori no
naku koe ni
ikuyo nezamenu
suma no sekimori | Around Awaji Isle
The plovers fly about;
Their calling cries
Start him awake on how many nights—
The barrier warden of Suma? |
Minamoto no Kanemasa
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