Stones 石
いかにして水の下なるさざれ石のなかのおもひのきえせざるらん
| ika ni shite mizu no shita naru sazare’ishi no naka no omoi no kiezaruran | O, what am I to do? Beneath the waters Pebbles lie, as many as My passionate thoughts within That show no signs of fading… |
Daishin
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Eikyū hyakushu 518
Stones 石
おく山の人もかよはぬ谷川にせぜの石ばしたれわたしけん
| okuyama no hito mo kayowanu tanikawa ni seze no ishibashi tare watashiken | Deep within the mountains, where Folk never go, lies A stream within a valley, The rapids spanned by a bridge of stones, But who might it be that built it? |
Higo
Eikyū hyakushu 517
Stones 石
君が代のかずにしとらばうちのぼるさほのかはらの石もたえじな
| kimi ga yo no kazu nishi toraba uchinoboru sao no kawara no ishi mo taeji na | The years of My Lord’s reign: Should I number up, then they would be as The upper courses of The banks of Sao River – Its stones never-ending! |
Kanemasa
Eikyū hyakushu 516
Stones 石
をしからでなげもやられぬ我が身こそちびきの石のたぐひなりけれ
| oshikarade nage mo yararenu wa ga mi koso chibiki no ishi no tagui narikere | With no regrets Inconstant not Am I: A stone a thousand might pull, That is how I am! |
Tadafusa
Eikyū hyakushu 515
Stones 石
石はさもたちける人のこころさへ かたかど有りて見えもするかな
| ishi wa samo tachikeru hito no kokoro sae katakado arite mie mo suru kana | Such is the way with stones: Should the folk who place them, Within their hearts have but even A trace of talent, It is plain to see! |
Toshiyori
Eikyū hyakushu 514
Stones 石
たのめなほ河せの砂としふりてまごふの石とならん世までに
| tanome nao kawase no isago toshi furite magō no ishi to naran yo made ni | Ever believe in me! Until The sand grains in the river rapids Grow old with passing years, and Over the ages their grandstones do Come into this world! |
Nakazane
Eikyū hyakushu 513
Stones 石
浪たててかるとばかりはきこゆれどかへるも見えずおきのしら石
| nami tatete karu to bakari wa kikoyuredo kaeru mo miezu oki no shira’ishi | Waves breaking, then Dryly departing is all I hear, yet Their return goes unseen by White stones in the offing… |
Akinaka
SZS XII: 760
Composed on the conception of Love and Stones.
我が袖は潮干に見えぬ沖の石の人こそ知らねかわく間ぞなき
| wa ga sode Fa siFoFi ni mienu oki no isi no Fito koso sirane kaFaku ma zo naki |
My sleeves are As unseen low-tide Stones in the offing, Unknown to all They have not a moment dry. |
Sanuki, from the Nijō Palace
二条院讃岐