Sages’ Dwellings 仙宮
古郷はいかになりにしをののえのくつるもしらず年のへぬれば
furusato wa
ika ni narinishi
ono no e no
kutsuru mo shirazu
toshi no henureba | My home,
O, what has become of it?
My axe handle
Rotting, I noticed not, and
So the years passed by… |
Daishin
Sages’ Dwellings 仙宮
のりて行くつるの羽風に雲晴れて月もさやけくすむ山べかな
norite yuku
tsuru no hakaze ni
kumo harete
tsuki mo sayakeku
sumu yamabe kana | Carried on
The cranes’ wing-breeze,
The clouds part and
The moon, so bright, and
Clear shines on this mountainside! |
Kanemasa
Sages’ Dwellings 仙宮
いかにして玉のうてなの久しくもなかりし程に千代をへぬらん
ika ni shite
tama no utena no
hisashiku mo
nakarishi sato ni
chiyo o henuran | What am I to do?
In a fair tower
Not long did
I stay but, in that dwelling
A thousand generations seem to pass… |
Tadafusa
Sages’ Dwellings 仙宮
たちぬはぬ衣の袖しふれければみちとせへてぞ桃もなりける
tachinuwanu
koromo no sode shi
furekereba
michitose hete zo
momo mo narikeru | Neither woven nor sewn are
This robe’s sleeves, but
When they wave
Three thousand years go by
Among the peaches. |
Toshiyori
Sages’ Dwellings 仙宮
いかにかく山ぢをいづる時のまにみし人もなくとしのへぬらん
ika ni kaku
yamaji o izuru
toki no ma ni
mishi hito mo naku
toshi no henuran | How is it that
Departing on mountain paths
For but a brief space of time
Without someone known so well
Makes it seem that years have passed? |
Akinaka
'Simply moving and elegant'