Storms 嵐
吉野山みねの嵐のはげしさにささのいほりは露もたまらず
yoshino yama
mine no arashi no
hageshisa ni
sasa no iori wa
tsuyu mo tamarazu | From Yoshino Mountain
The storm winds off the peak
Are so fierce that
Upon my hut of poor bamboo
Not a single drop of dew will settle. |
Daishin
Storms 嵐
蔀やまおろす嵐のはげしきに柴のとぼそもあけぬ比かな
shitomi yama
orosu arashi no
hageshiki ni
shiba no toboso mo
akenu koro kana | My shutters – the wild mountain
Storm wind is
So fierce –
Their brushwood barrier
I’ll not open now! |
Higo
Storms 嵐
秋ふかみ木木の紅葉のちるままに声よわり行く山おろしのかぜ
aki fukami
kigi no momiji no
chiru mama ni
koe yowariyuku
yama’oroshi no kaze | Deep in autumn
Scarlet leaves from off the trees
Do fall, and with them
Ever weakening is the voice
Of the wild wind from the mountains. |
Kanemasa
Storms 嵐
さもこそは今朝の嵐のあらからめあなはしたなのまきの板戸や
samo koso wa
kesa no arashi no
arakarame
ana hashitana no
maki no itado ya | It certainly seems that
This morning, the storm
Is wildly raging;
O, how unsettled is
My door of cedar boards! |
Tadafusa
Storms 嵐
吹きまよふ嵐の音やわび人の涙の玉のをともなるらん
fukimayou
arashi no oto ya
wabibito no
namida no tama no
oto mo naruran | Does the wildly gusting
Storm’s sound turn to
A heartbroken man’s
Teardrops
Falling? It seems so. |
Toshiyori
Storms 嵐
くるひともなきあしのやの柴の戸はみねの嵐にまかせてぞみる
kuru hito mo
naki ashi no ya no
shiba no to wa
mine no arashi ni
makasete zo miru | No folk come visiting
My reed-roofed hut;
The brushwood door
To the storm winds from the peak
Looks to be abandoned. |
Nakazane
Storms 嵐
袖かはす人もなき身をいかにせむ夜さむの里に嵐吹くなり
sode kawasu
hito mo naki mi o
ika n isemu
yo samu no sato ni
arashi fuku nari | To share sleeves with
Have I no one at all –
O, what am I to do?
Cold at night within these walls
While the storm winds rage around… |
Akinaka
Composed in the Tenth Month of Jōhō 3 [1076] when the reigning emperor had made a progress to the River Ōi to go hunting.
大井川ふるきながれを尋ねきて嵐のやまの紅葉をぞ見る
oFowigaFa
Furuki nagare wo
tadunekite
arasi no yama no
momidi wo zo miru |
The River Ōi:
This ancient flow
Have I come to visit, and
Around the mount of storms,
Scarlet leaves I see! |
Emperor Shirakawa
白河院
木の間よりなびく夕日のほどもなし嵐に吹雪く小夜の中山
ko no ma yori
nabiku yūhi no
hodo mo nashi
arashi ni fubuku
sayo no nakayama |
From between the trees
The evening sun tries to stream
But finds no space;
Wind-blown by the storms is
Sayo-no-Nakayama. |
Ietaka
惜しめども花もとまらぬ不破の関山吹越ゆる春の嵐に
oshimedomo
hana mo tomaranu
fuwa no seki
yamabuki koyuru
haru no arashi ni |
I do regret it, but
The blossoms will not halt
At the barrier of Fuwa;
Passing over the golden kerria
In the storms of spring… |
Asukai no Masatsune (1170-1221)
飛鳥井雅経
'Simply moving and elegant'