あふせをば流れてとこそたのめしかいかにとだにも音なしのたき
ause oba
nagarete to koso
tanomeshi ka
ika ni to dani mo
otonashi no taki | Our meeting, like the rapids,
Will flow on—can I
Trust in that?
However much they seem
The silenced cataract of Otonashi… |
Lady Ki
39
In reply.
すみわぶる名をながさじとつつむまにしばしよどむぞ音なしの滝
sumiwaburu
na no nagasaji to
tsutsumu ma ni
shibashi yodomu zo
otonashi no taki | Living on in sorrow and
Letting no word of it flow out—
Thus wrapped up
Briefly stilled has been
The cataract of Otonashi. |
Supernumerary Minor Captain Morotoki
40
Round Three
Left
氷とくはるたちくらしみよしののよしののたきのこゑまさるなり
kōri toku
haru tachikurashi
miyoshino no
yoshino no taki no
koe masarunari | Ice melting
Spring has come on scene, it seems;
In fair Yoshino,
Yoshino Falls’
Roar is fine, indeed! |
5
Right (Win)
はなの色はかすみにこめてみえずともかをだにぬすめ春の山風
hana no iro wa
kasumi ni komete
miezu tomo
ka o dani nusume
haru no yamakaze | The blossoms’ hues
Have blended with the haze, so
I see them not, yet
Their very scent is plundered by
Spring’s breezes from the mountains. |
6
Spring
Round 1
Left
やま風にとくる氷のひまごとにうち出づる浪や春の初花
yamakaze ni
tokuru kōri no
hima goto ni
uchi’izuru nami ya
haru no hatsuhana | With the mountain breeze
The melting ice from
Every crack
Bursts out in waves, perhaps
These are the first blooms of spring? |
Minamoto no Maszumi
1[1]
Right (Win)
春霞たつひの風のいとなれや滝のをとけて玉とみだるる
harugasumi
tatsu hi no kaze no
ito nare ya
taki no o tokete
tama to midaruru | The haze of spring
Arises with the breeze this day, so
Will its streamers with
The melting waterfall’s threaded
Jewels become confused? |
2
[1] Kokin rokujo I: 5
Waterfalls 滝
谷川やおちくる滝のしらいとを水のあやには織るにやあるらん
tanikawa ya
ochikuru taki no
shira’ito o
mizu no aya ni wa
oru ni ya aruran | From a stream within the valley
Comes tumbling a cataract of
White threads:
A motley pattern of water
Do they seem to weave? |
Daishin
Waterfalls 滝
山たかみおちくる滝のしらいとをむすぶしづくに玉ぞこぼるる
yama takami
ochikuru taki no
shira’ito o
musubu shizuku ni
tama zo koboruru | From the mountain’s heights
Comes tumbling a cataract of
White threads,
Twined from droplets,
Their gemlets overflowing. |
Higo
Waterfalls 滝
名にたてぬみ山がくれの滝なれどながれはさとの人にしられぬ
na ni tatenu
miyamagakure no
taki naredo
nagare wa sato no
hito ni shirarenu | No name adorns
These hidden mountain
Falls, yet
Of their flow are the estate’s
Folk all unknowing… |
Kanemasa
Waterfalls 滝
かちまけをたれかはみけん年をへておなじほどなる布引の滝
kachimake o
tare ka wa miken
toshi o hete
onaji hodo naru
nunohiki no take | Victory or defeat,
Who is it that might see it?
As the years go by
They are both the same to
The cascade of Nunohiki. |
Tadafusa
Waterfalls 滝
たなばたのおりながしたる布なれや空よりおつる滝の気色は
tanabata no
orinagashitaru
nuno nare ya
sora yori otsuru
taki no keshiki wa | Has the Weaver Maid
Spun out a stream
Of cloth?
From the skies tumbles
A waterfall – or so it looks! |
Toshiyori
Waterfalls 滝
梢よりおちくるたきのしらいとはよにひさにへてなるにやあるらん
kozue yori
ochikuru taki no
shira’ito wa
yo ni hisa ni hete
naru ni ya aruran | From the treetops
Come tumbling a cascade of
White threads;
Endlessly does this night pass by,
Or so it seems, does it not? |
Nakazane
Waterfalls 滝
水上にいかなるまゆをくりければたえせざるらんたきのしらいと
minakami ni
ika naru mayu o
kurikereba
taesezaruran
taki no shira’ito | In the water’s upper reaches
Somehow, cocoons do
Spool, so
Endless seem
The cataract’s white threads… |
Akinaka
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