Sent on returning home from a woman’s residence.
君がためをしからざりしいのちさへながくもがなとおもひけるかな
kimi ga tame
wosikarazarisi
inoti saFe
nagaku mogana to
omoFikeru kana | For your sake, my love,
I would not have regretted
Even my life, but
O, to live long
With you in my passionate heart! |
Minor Captain Fujiwara no Yoshitaka
Created with Soan.
默居りて賢しらするは酒飮みて醉ひ泣きするになほしかずけり
moda worite
sakasirasuru pa
sake nomite
weinakisuru ni
napo sikazukeri |
Silently
Seeking wisdom:
Will never match
Drinking wine and
Drunken weeping. |
生ける者遂にも死ぬるものにあればこの世なる閒は樂しくをあらな
ikeru pitö
tui ni mo sinuru
monö ni areba
könö yo naru ma pa
tanosiku wo arana |
Living people
Will eventually die.
Such are we, so
While in this world
Let’s have fun! |
この世にし樂しくあらば來む世には蟲に鳥にも我れはなりなむ
könö yo ni si
tanosiku ararba
komu yo ni pa
musi ni töri ni mo
ware pa narinamu |
In this world of ours
If only I can have fun
In the life to come
An insect or a bird
That’s what I’ll become! |
世閒の遊びの道に樂しきは醉ひ泣きするにあるべくあるらし
yo nö naka no
asobi nö miti ni
tanosiki pa
weinakisuru ni
arubëkarurasi |
Out in the world
On the path of pleasure
One refreshment:
Drunken weeping,
That’s what it must be. |
夜光る玉といふとも酒飮みて心を遣るにあにしかめやも
yoru pikaru
tama tö ipu to mo
sake nomite
kökörö wo yaru ni
ani sikame ya mo |
Night shining
Gems and
Drinking wine
To cheer oneself:
Which is better, I wonder? |
價なき寶といふとも一杯の濁れる酒にあにまさめやも
atapinaki
takara to ipu to mo
pitotuki no
nigoreru sake ni
ani masame ya mo |
Priceless
Treasures, you say
A single cup
Of cloudy wine:
Better by far, say I. |
あな醜賢しらをすと酒飮まぬ人をよく見ば猿にかも似む
ana miniku
sakasira wo su to
sake nomanu
pito wo yoku miba
saru ni ka mo nimu |
Oh, how ugly!
People seeking wisdom and
Not drinking;
Look on them well
Don’t they seem like monkeys? |
なかなかに人とあらずは酒壺になりにてしかも酒に染みなむ
nakanaka ni
pitö tö arazu pa
sakatupo ni
narinitesi ka mo
sake ni siminamu |
I’ll not be a man
At all:
A wine jar
I’ll become, maybe
And soak in wine. |
言はむすべ爲むすべ知らず極まりて貴きものは酒にしあるらし
ipamu sube
semu sube sirazu
kipamarite
topotoki monö pa
sake niarurasi |
What to say and
What to do: I know not.
The greatest
Most excellent thing
Is wine, I’d say. |
'Simply moving and elegant'
