Composed when deep in thought.
紅の八しほの衣朝な朝な馴れはすれどもいやめづらしも
kurenawi no
yasipo no koromo
asana asana
nare pa suredomo
iya medurasi mo | In safflower
Dipped many times, my robe
Worn morn after morn
Has familiar wrinkles, yet
Is all the more dear for that… |
Kurenai
Kurenai
A poem composed on the banks of the Ogami, in the district of Tonami.
雄神川紅にほふ娘子らし葦付[水松之類]取ると瀬に立たすらし
ogamigapa
kurenawi nipopu
wotome rasi
asituki toru to
se ni tatasurasi | Upon the River Ogami
Glowing safflower scarlet
Do the maidens seem;
Harvesting ashitsuki
Standing in the shallows… |
Ōtomo no Yakamochi
大伴家持
Topic unknown.
人しれずおもへばくるし紅のすゑつむ花のいろにいでなむ
Fito sirezu
omoFeba kurusi
kurenawi no
suwetumuFana no
iro ni idenamu |
Unknown to all
Are my feelings; what pain!
Scarlet
As the safflower
Would I show my love. |
Anonymous
'Simply moving and elegant'
