Singing Girls 妓女
あけぼのにかすみこめたる花よりもあかぬはいもがにほひなりけり
akebono ni
kasumi kometaru
hana yori mo
akanu wa imo ga
nioi narikeri | At the dawning
Mingled with the hazes are
The blossoms, yet far more
Unsated am I by my darling’s
Scent. |
Daishin
Singing Girls 妓女
からころもたちもはなれて朝夕にめかれずみれどあかぬいもかな
karakoromo
tachi mo hanarete
asayū ni
mekarezu miredo
akanu imo kana | Her Cathay robe is
Sewn so fine, that
Morning and evening, too
Endlessly, I see her, yet
My darling does never sate me! |
Higo
Singing Girls 妓女
をみなへしめでたき花のすがたかな衣通姫もかくやありけん
ominaeshi
medetaki hana no
sugata kana
sotōri hime mo
kaku ya ariken | These maidenflowers have
Fair blooming
Forms, indeed!
Was Princess Sotōri
As this, I wonder? |
Kanemasa
Singing Girls 妓女
をとめ子がいかにをかしきすがたにてみるたびごとにうちゑまるらん
otomego ga
ika ni okashiki
sugata nite
miru tabi goto ni
uchiemaruran | The maidens –
How charming are
Their forms, that
Every time I see them
I do seem to smile. |
Tadafusa
Singing Girls 妓女
をとめ子がをみのたもとにひれふりて返すま袖をしのばざらめや
otomego ga
omi no tamoto ni
hire furite
kaesu masode o
shinobazarame ya | From the maidens’
Gowns’ sleeves
Their stoles do wave;
The back and forth
I might not recall! |
Toshiyori
Singing Girls 妓女
絵にかくと筆もおよばじ乙女子が花のすがたを誰にみせまし
e ni kaku to
fude mo oyobaji
otomego ga
hana no sugata o
tare ni misemashi | A painted picture
No brush can match –
The maidens’
Blossoming forms:
To whom should I reveal? |
Nakazane
Singing Girls 妓女
をとめ子がもすそにあまるくろかみのなびけくをみるぞいふかたもなき
otomego ga
mosuso ni amaru
kurokami no
nabikeku o miru zo
iu kata mo naki | The maidens’
Skirt hems swept by
Raven tresses
Trailing – the sight does
Leave me wordless… |
Akinaka
'Simply moving and elegant'