Hunting
せこなはにひきこめらるるしかばかりあはれ心のゆくかたぞなき
sekonawa ni
hikikomeraruru
shika bakari
awaregokoro no
yukukata zo naki | Snares
Have caught
The stag, so simply
Pitying his lot,
He has nowhere to go. |
Lord Tomo’ie, Senior Third Rank
At the new palace, on gazing on the tracks across the plains.
ますらをがあさふむのぢをみわたせばくもゐはるかにかくるせこなは
masurao ga
asa fumu noji o
miwataseba
kumoi haruka ni
kakuru sekonawa | A brawny man
Has in the morning trod this trackways
I gaze upon, so
Among the distant clouds
Dangle hunter’s snares. |
Fujiwara no Akisuke
Summer Hunting (夏猟)
夏草のしげみにかかるせこなはにもるるをしかにあひはづれつつ
natsu kusa no
shigemi ni kakaru
sekonawa ni
moruru oshika ni
aihazuretsutsu | The summer grasses’
Lush growth is hung with
The hunters’ snares:
Avoiding them, the stags
All are growing distant… |
Nakazane
仲実
'Simply moving and elegant'