Original
もみぢばはきりのたつにもちりけるをかぜをかたなとおもひけるかな
momijiba wa
kiri no tatsu ni mo
chirikeru o
kaze o katana to
omoikeru kana | The scarlet leaves with
The rising mists
Do scatter—
The wind a sword
Truly does seem! |
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Left
もみぢばはあきのかぜこそさそひけれきりのなきなをたつぞあやしき
momijiba wa
aki no kaze koso
sasoikere
kiri no nakina o
tatsu zo ayashiki | The scarlet leaves
By the winds of autumn, truly,
Are invited;
That baseless rumours of the mists
Arise is strange, indeed! |
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Right
からにしきかぜのたつらんもみぢばはきりのたつにもおくれざりけり
karanishiki
kaze no tatsuran
momijiba wa
kiri no tatsu ni mo
okurezarikeri | Cathay brocade
The rising wind seeming to shear
Scarlet leaves,
Even the rising of the mists
Will not delay it.¯ |
32
On Love and Garments, when various people had composed poems.
わすらるる身はうらぶれぬから衣さても立ちにし名こそ惜しけれ
wasuraruru
mi wa uraburenu
karakoromo
satemo tachinishi
na koso oshikere | Forgotten by her
I am so downcast:
A Cathay robe
Sewn at last
Rumours of her new love—how I regret them! |
544
Love and Clouds.
しら雲のきえはきえなでなにしかもたつたの山の名のみたつらん
shirakumo no
kie wa kienade
nani shika mo
tatsuta no yama no
na nomi tatsuran | The clouds, so white, are
On the point of vanishing,
So why,
From Tatsuta Mountain
Should such rumours arise? |
525
From the Poetry Match held in the reign of the Tenryaku Emperor.
恋すてふ我が名はまだき立にけり人知れずこそ思そめしか
koFisu teFu
wa ga na Fa madaki
tatinikeri
Fito sirezu koso
omoFisomesika | Of my love
Have rumours swiftly
Arisen, though
Unknown to all
Had my passion’s fire begun to burn… |
Mibu no Tadami
Created with Soan.
忍ぶれど物思ふ人はうき雲の空に恋する名をのみぞたつ
shinoburedo
mono’omou hito wa
ukigumo no
sora ni koisuru
na o nomi zo tatsu | I kept it secret, yet
She, who is the focus of my thoughts, is
As a drifting cloud
Within the sky, and of my love
Rumours, alone, do rise toward her. |
Middle Captain Morotoki, Fourth Rank
19
恋すともいかでか空に名はたたじ忍ぶる程は袖につつまで
koisu to mo
ikade ka sora ni
na wa tataji
shinoburu hodo wa
sode ni tsutsumade | You love, so
How is it that the skies
Could remain untouched by rumours?
Your secret
You’ve not kept wrapped within your sleeves… |
Lady Aki, in service to the Empress Dowager
20
Composed on the beginning of love.
無名たつ人だに世にはある物を君戀る身と知られぬぞうき
nakina tatu
Fito dani yo ni Fa
aru mono wo
kimi koFuru mi to
sirarenu zo uki |
Baseless rumours rise
Of folk in this world –
That happens, but
That I love you
Goes unknown is painful, indeed! |
Jitsugen
実源
A poem composed by Prince Mishima in mourning for Matsura no Sayohime.
音に聞き目にはいまだ見ず佐用姫が領巾振りきとふ君松浦山
oto ni kiki
me ni pa imada mizu
sayopime ga
pire puriki topu
kimi maturayama
|
Rumours I have heard, but
My eyes have yet to behold where
Sayohime
Waved her stole, they say,
Pining for her man on Matsura Mountain! |
'Simply moving and elegant'
