Felicitations 賀
うれしさを袖につつみて過ぎきにきいまは何かは身にもあまらん
| ureshisa o sode ni tsutsumite sugiki ni ki ima wa nanika wa mi ni mo amaran | My joy was Wrapped within my sleeves, but Has exceeded them long since – Now, is there anything That could be any greater? |
Nakazane
Coming of Age 元服
こよひゆふはつもとゆひのむらさきのま袖の色にはやもなりなん
| koyoi yuu hatsu motoyui no murasaki no masode no iro ni haya mo narinan | This eve is tied Your first topknot With violet Hues I would your fair sleeve Swiftly, too, be coloured! |
Nakazane
Dwarf Bamboo 小篠
あさまだきをざさが原を分けゆけば露けぎ袖を人やとがめん
| asa madaki ozasa ga hara o wakeyukeba tsuyukeki sode o hito ya togamen | Just before the break of dawn Through a grove of dwarf bamboo Do I forge my way, so Will my dew-drenched sleeves By folk be condemned? |
Daishin
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
Lakes 水海
色色のそでもかはるかからころもうちでの浜の波なきよせそ
| iroiro no sode mo kawaru karakoromo uchide no hama no nami na kiyose so | Many hues Do take on the sleeves Of my Cathay robe; Upon the beach where I set forth Break not so fiercely, o waves! |
Kanemasa
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
Love on Waking from Sleep 寝覚恋
夢にさへ涙せきあへぬ身にしあればねてもさめてもぬるる袖かな
| yume ni sae namida seki’aenu mi ni shi areba netemo sametemo nururu sode kana | Even in my dreams My tears will not be dammed – Such is my lot, so Sleeping and waking both Have I soaking sleeves! |
Kanemasa
Love on Waking from Sleep 寝覚恋
あさましやねざめてみれば跡もなし夢なりけりな袖はひつるも
| asamashi ya nezamete mireba ato mo nashi yume narikeri na sode wa hitsuru mo | How terrible it is! On waking, when I see No trace left behind Of my dreams – Even my sleeves completely dry… |
Toshiyori
Love Interrupted by a Single Night 隔一夜恋
たちまちにかはりしもせじから衣一夜ばかりに袖のぬるらん
| tachimachi ni kawarishi mo seji karakoromo hito yo bakari ni sode no nururan | A sudden Change will there be not – My Cathay robe For just this single night Will surely have soaked sleeves. |
Higo
Gosechi 五節
をとめ子が袖ふりそめしをみ衣とよのあかりにたえせざりけり
| otomego ga sode furisomeshi omigoromo toyo no akari ni taesezarikeri | The maidens Have begun to wave the sleeves of Their purification robes; The Festival of New Grain Has endured for ever! |
Nakazane