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
Tag Archives: sode
Eikyū hyakushu 524
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
Eikyū hyakushu 485
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
Eikyū hyakushu 475
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
Eikyū hyakushu 473
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
Eikyū hyakushu 434
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
Eikyū hyakushu 366
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
Eikyū hyakushu 365
Gosechi 五節
をとめ子が雲のうへにて袖ふれば日影にまがふあまの羽衣
| otomego ga kumo no ue nite sode fureba hikage ni magau ama no hagoromo | The maidens are Above the clouds Sleeves waving, so Indistinguishable from sunlight are Their heavenly gossamer robes! |
Akinaka
KKS I: 46
A poem from a poetry competition held by Her Majesty, the Empress, during the Kanpyō period.
梅が香を袖にうつしてとどめてば春は過ぐとも形見ならまし
| mume ga ka wo sode ni utusite todometeba Faru Fa sugutomo katami naramasi | If only the plums’ scent Would shift to my sleeves and Stay there, then Even when spring is past and gone A keepsake would it be… |
Anonymous
MYS VII: 1249
A poem on travel.
君がため浮沼の池の菱摘むと我が染めし袖濡れにけるかも
| kimi ga tame ukinu no ike no pisi tumu to wa ga somesi sode nurenikeru kamo | For you, my love, At Ukinu Pond Picking water chestnuts, These sleeves I’ve dyed Have become completely drenched! |
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Collection
柿本人麻呂歌集
