Stars 星
日くるれば星をいただくかみにしもはらひもあへずおける霜かな
hi kurureba
hoshi o itadaku
kami ni shimo
harai mo aezu
okeru shimo kana | When the sun grows dim,
Spreading out the stars,
The gods most certainly
Will not sweep away
The fallen frost! |
Nakazane
Stars 星
雪とのみかしらはなりていただきし星をよそめにみるぞかなしき
yuki to nomi
kashira wa narite
itadakishi
hoshi no yosome ni
miru zo kanashiki | Snow is all that
Upon my head
Has been laid
The stars, so far away
The sight is so, so sad… |
Akinaka
星さきや熱田の潟の漁火のほのも知りぬや思ふ心を
Fosi saki ya
atuta no kata no
isaribi no
Fono mo sirinu ya
omoFu kokoro wo |
Stars leading the way:
On the sands of Atsuta
Fishing fires
Faintly revealed
As are the thoughts within my heart? |
Minamoto no Nakazane
源仲実
'Simply moving and elegant'