天の河こぞの渡のうつろへばあさせふむまに夜ぞふけにける
ama no kaFa
kozo no watari no
uturoFeba
asase Fumu ma ni
yo zo Fukenikeru | The River of Heaven’s
Ferry pier since last year
Has changed, so
While I tread the bank, the shallows searching,
The night has worn on! |
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あまの河とほき渡にあらねども君がふなでは年にこそまて
ama no kaFa
toFoki watari ni
aranedomo
kimi ga Funade Fa
tosi ni koso mate | The River of Heaven
A distant ferry pier
Has not, yet
For my Lord to board his boat
I must wait the year away… |
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
わが恋はかこのわたりのつなで縄たゆたふ心やむときもなし
wa ga koi wa
kako no watari no
tsunade nawa
tayutou kokoro
yamu toki mo nashi | My love:
At the ferry-port of Kako,
The rope
Adrift, my heart
Stops not at all… |
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なみだこそゆくへもしらねみわの崎さののわたりの雨の夕ぐれ
namida koso
yukue mo shirane
miwa no saki
sano no watari no
ame no yūgure | Indeed, my tears
Have no end, as
By Miwa Point
At Sano crossing falls
The evening rain. |
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たなばたの別ををしみ天河やすのわたりにたづもなかなん
tanabata no
wakare o oshimi
ama no kawa
yasu no watari ni
tazu mo nakanan | The Weaver Maid
Her parting does regret
On the River of Heaven
At Yasu crossing,
O, cranes, cry, too! |
'Simply moving and elegant'
