おもひやれとはで程ふる五月雨に独やどもる袖の雫を
| omoiyare towade hodo furu samidare ni hitori yado moru sode no shizuku o | Lost in thoughts of you, Time without a visit passes by As a summer shower In my lonely home leaks Droplets on my sleeves… |
Lady Higo
25
In reply
世とともにさてのみこそはすぐししか思ひしりぬや袖の雫を
| yo to tomo ni sate nomi koso wa sugushishika omoishirinu ya sode no shizuku o | Together with the world All stayed the same As it passed by; Could I be ignorant of The droplets on your sleeves? |
The Middle Counsellor
26
ながれ出づるしづくに袖は朽ちはてておそふる方もなきぞかなしき
| nagare’izuru shizuku ni sode wa kuchihatete osouru kata mo naki zo kanashiki | Flowing out These droplets my sleeves Have completely rotted, and That I have no way to halt them Makes me sad, indeed. |
The Major Controller of the Left
7
おく網のうけもひかれぬものゆゑに何かはあまの袖のくつらん
| oku tsuna no uke mo hikarenu mono yue ni nani ka wa ama no sode no kutsuran | Cast out, your line’s Floats, she’ll not draw in, So Why would a fisher-girl Have rotten sleeves, I wonder? |
Yurika, from the Hall of the Junior Consort
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Waterfalls 滝
山たかみおちくる滝のしらいとをむすぶしづくに玉ぞこぼるる
| yama takami ochikuru taki no shira’ito o musubu shizuku ni tama zo koboruru | From the mountain’s heights Comes tumbling a cataract of White threads, Twined from droplets, Their gemlets overflowing. |
Higo
Groves 原
霧をいたみまのの萩原時雨れしてしづくに袖をおどろかしつる
| kiri o itami mano no hagiwara shigure shite shizuku ni sode o odorokashitsuru | Mists run round The bush-clover groves at Mano, where Drizzle falls; Droplets on my sleeves – So startling! |
Toshiyori
Love on Parting 別恋
あけがたの袖のけしきの露けさに道のしづくはおもひやりなん
| akegata no sode no keshiki no tsuyu kesa ni michi no shizuku wa omoiyarinan | With the dawning My sleeves’ appearance is Dew-drenched this morning; The droplets on the path Fill my thoughts with gloomy longing. |
Akinaka
The isle of Tamino in Tsu province. Below the chrysanthemum on the suhama was the shape of a woman gathering shellfish, sheltering beneath her sleeves.
田蓑ともいまは求めじたちかへり花の雫にぬれむと思へば
| tamino tomo ima Fa motomezi taikaFeri Fana no shiduku ni nuremu to omoFeba |
At Tamino Shall I seek no more, but Rise and return; For droplets from this bloom Shall soak me I fear. |
5
Hidden Love
物おもふといはぬばかりはしのぶれどいかがはすへき袖のしづくを
| mono’omou to iwanu bakari wa shinoburedo ikaga wa subeki sode no shizuku o | That I am sunk in thought I simply do not say; I keep it hidden, yet What am I to do about The droplets on my sleeves? |
Minamoto no Akinaka
源顕仲
Sleet
夕ぐれのみぞれにしみやとけぬらんたるひづたひにしづく落つなり
| yūgure no mizore ni shimi ya tokenuran taruhi zutai ni shizuku otsunari | Is it that the evening Sleet is sharp and Seems unmelting? Harbingers of icicles In the falling droplets… |
Minamoto no Kanemasa
源兼昌
Sleet
夕されば雪ふるさとの柴の庵しづくにてこそみぞれとはしれ
| yūsareba yuki furu sato no shiba no ya wa shizuku nite koso mizore to wa shire | When the evening comes Snow falling upon the estate’s Brushwood rooves Forms droplets and I know ‘tis sleet. |
Minamoto no Akinaka
源顕仲
折る菊の雫を多み若ゆてふ濡れ衣をこそ老いの身にきれ
| woru kiku no sizuku wo oFomi wakayu teFu nureginu wo koso oi no mi ni kire |
The picked chrysanthemums Have so many droplets Returning youth, that A dampened, pointless, robe I’ll wear about my aged frame! |
Mibu no Tadamine
壬生忠岑