ももちどりなく時あれどきみをのみこふるわがねはいつとわかれず
| momochidori naku toki aredo kimi o nomi kouru wa ga ne wa itsu to mo wakarezu | All the tiny birds Have a season to sing, yet Simply you A’loving, my cries Never break at all… |
Tsurayuki
Tag Archives: season
SIS XX: 1284
In the summer, he sent this to his daughter, the Fifth Imperial Princess, attached to some lingering yellowed oak leaves.
時ならでははその紅葉ちりにけりいかにこのもとさびしかるらん
| toki narade FaFaso no momidi tirinikeri ika ni ko no moto sabisikaruran | ‘Tis not the season, but The oaks’ leaves have yellowed and Scattered; Beneath the trunks How lonely it must be… |
His Majesty, the Tenryaku Emperor
Kenpō meisho hyakushu 163
Kokin rokujō VI: 4923
Tōin senzai awase 10
Left – Pinks
もも草のときにつけつつさく中にいつともわかぬとこ夏の花
| momokusa no toki ni tsuketsutsu saku naka ni itsu tomo wakanu tokonatsu no hana | A hundred grasses Always with the season Bloom and among them Ever inseparable are The flowering pinks. |
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よろづよにぬるとこなつの花なればうつろふ秋もまたれざりけり
| yorozuyo ni nuru tokonatsu no hana nareba utsurou aki mo matarezarikeri | For ten thousand ages Have slept abed the pinks In bloom, so For the autumn when they fade They have no need to wait! |
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Yōzei-in uta’awase (Engi jūsan-nen kugatsu kokonoka) 14
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とどむれどいまはかぎりとゆく秋のわりなくをしくおもほゆるかな
| todomuredo ima wa kagiri to yuku aki no warinaku oshiku omohoyuru kana | It has lingered, yet Now is the end, and with Autumn’s leaving Beyond all reason, regret Do I feel! |
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あふさかのせきのもみぢし心あらばくれてゆくとも秋をとめなん
| ausaka no seki no momijishi kokoro araba kureteyuku to mo aki o tomenan | If at Meeting Hill’s Barrier autumn hues did Fill my heart, then As it passes into dusk I would hold the season here. |
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Yōzei-in uta’awase (Engi jūsan-nen kugatsu kokonoka) 08
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わがやどのきくの花しももみぢねばすぎゆく秋もあらじとぞおもふ
| wa ga yado no kiku no hana shimo momijineba sugiyuku aki mo araji to zo omou | At my house Even the chrysanthemum blooms Have yet to take on autumn hues, so The season’s passing I do not seem to feel! |
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はかなくてすぐる秋とは知りながらをしむ心のなほあかぬかな
| hakanakute suguru aki to wa shirinagara oshimu kokoro no nao akanu kana | Brief, indeed, is Autumn’s passing, that I know so well, yet The regrets within my heart are Ever unsatisfied! |
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Kanpyō no ōntoki kisai no miya uta’awase 77
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雪のうちのみやまからこそおいはくれかしらのしろく成るをまづみよ
| yuki no uchi no miyama kara koso oi wa kure kashira no shiroku naru o mazu miyo | Within the snows From the mountains deep, O, come, old age! My head to white Is turned—see that first! |
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松の上にかかれる雪はよそにして時まどはせる花とこそみれ
| matsu no ue ni kakareru yuki wa yoso ni shite toki madowaseru hana to koso mire | Upon the pine trees Clings snow: From afar, The season has led astry The blossom, it does appear! |
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