Composed in Settsu.
志長鳥 居名野乎来者 有間山 夕霧立 宿者無而
しながとりゐなのをくればありまやまゆふぎりたちぬやどりはなくて
sinagatori
winano wo kureba
arimayama
yupugiri tatinu
yadori pa nakute | A waterbird’s long cry
At Ina plain where I have come,
In the Arima Mountains
The evening mists have risen, and
No lodging is there for me… |
Anonymous
Created with Soan.
Love on seeing again.
あさき江にかつ見る花の貌鳥もうき太山木にかげなならべそ
asakie ni
katsu miru hana no
kaodori mo
uki miyamagi ni
kage na narabe so | In a shallow inlet
Once more I see a flower where
The waterbirds do
Drift—with the mountain trees’
Shade, o, do not align! |
Her reply
浪のうへに跡やは見ゆる水鳥のうきてへぬらん年はかずかは
nami no uFe ni
ato ya Fa miyuru
midutori no
ukite Fenuran
tosi Fa kazu ka Fa | Upon the waves
Can you see tracks?
The waterbirds
Drift and passed by have
The years, but so what? |
Anonymous
Sent to a lady with whom he had simply been exchanging letters for some years.
水鳥のはかなきあとに年をへてかよふばかりのえにこそ有りけれ
midutori no
hakanaki ato ni
tosi wo Fete
kayoFu bakari no
e ni koso arikere | Waterbirds leave
But transient traces as
The years go by—
This simple back-and-forth is
All we truly have! |
Anonymous
'Simply moving and elegant'
