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Kinkai wakashū 202

Composed when I was in one of the aisles of the Shōchōjuin on the night of the 14th of the Seventh Month, and the moon was shining in.

ながめやる軒のしのぶの露の間にいたくなふけそ秋のよの月

nagameyaru
noki no shinobu no
tsuyu no ma ni
itaku na fuke so
aki no yo no tsuki
Gazing out upon
The ferns beneath the eaves,
In the space between the dewdrops,
Do not set so,
O, moon, this autumn night!

Sanboku kikashū VIII: 1223

Love and Horse Hair.

隙もあらばをぐろに立てる青鷺のこまごまとこそ言はまほしけれ

Fima mo araba
woguro ni tateru
awosagi no
komagoma to koso
iFamahosikere
Were there but space,
As perching on the paddy-ridges
Are the grey herons close
As the mounts ahead, in such detail
Would I tell you of my love.

Minamoto no Toshiyori
源俊頼