On seeing cormorant fishing boats:
鵜舟さす宇治の川長かずかずにわれのみ嘆く波の上かな
| ubune sasu udi no kaFawosa kazukazu ni ware nomi nageku nami no uFe kana |
They pole their boats, The men of Uji River, Measureless, Is my solitary sorrow Atop the waves… |
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Sanekata Shū 122
To the same lady, one morning as it was getting light when I had been by her shutters all night.
あけがたき二見の浦に寄る波の袖のみぬれしおきつしま人
| akegataki Futami no ura ni yoru nami no sode nomi nuresi okitusimabito |
Dawn comes unwillingly To the Bay of Futami, where The approaching waves Have drenched the sleeves of The offshore islanders. |
SKKS XX: 1968
On the sound of waves at dawn, as they near the Coast of Gold in Paradise.
いにしへのおのへのかねににたるかなきしうつ浪の曉の聲
| inishie no onoe no kane ni nitaru kana kishi utsu nami no akatsuki no koe |
In times long gone Tolled the bell of Onoe Similar, I think, to Waves breaking upon the shore, The sound coming with the dawn. |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office Toshinari
藤原俊成
SKKS XVII: 1599
SKKS III: 284
On a folding screen of the moon, in the Engi period (901-923).
みそぎする河のせみればからころも日もゆふぐれに浪ぞたちける
| misogi suru kawa no semi nareba karakoromo hi mo yūgure ni nami zo tachikeru |
The purifying River rapids: all in Cathay robes Sashes wound around, at evening time The waves are rising. |
Tsurayuki
貫之
SZS VIII: 532
Composed on the spirit of a traveller’s lodging.
よしさらば磯の苫屋に旅ねせむ波懸ずとてぬれぬ袖かは
| yosi saraba iso no tomaya ni tabine semu nami kakezu tote nurenu sode ka Fa |
Well, so be it! In a shanty on the shore, I shall spend my journey’s night; Though not washed over by the waves, What is it that has soaked my sleeves? |
The Ninna-ji Monk-Priest [Shukaku]
SZS VIII: 516
When he was travelling after leaving the world, he composed this on seeing the moon over the sea.
わたのはら遙に波をへだて來て都にいでし月を見るかな
| wata no Fara Faruka ni nami wo Fedate kite miyako ni idesi tuki wo miru kana |
Across the wide sea’s sweep From afar the waves Come one by one; When the capital I left That is the moon I saw. |
The Monk En’i
KYS VIII: 510
When various people were composing ten poems each about love, he composed this on a lover who comes, but will not stay.
玉津島きしうつ浪の立ち歸りせないでましぬ名殘寂しも
| tamatusima kisi utu nami no tatikaFeri sena idemasinu nagori sabisimo |
The jewelled island Coast-striking waves Rise and then return, Even so my man departs; How sad for him to leave me. |
Master of the Palace Repairs Office [Fujiwara no] Akisue
GSS XIX: 1352
When he was travelling into the Eastlands, the further he went, the more he missed what he had left behind; while crossing a river and watching the waves:
いとゞしく過ぎゆく方の戀しきにうら山しくも歸浪哉
| itodosiku sugiyuku kata no koFisiki ni urayamasiku mo kaFeru nami kana |
More and more All that is behind me Is what I long for; How I envy The returning waves. |
Narihira
業平