さ夜更けてかりのつばさに置く露のきえても物は思ふかぎりを
sayo fukete kari no tsubasa ni oku tsuyu no kietemo mono wa omou kagiri o Brief night wears on, and
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鵲のはにおくつゆの丸きばしふみみぬさきにきえやわたらん
kasasagi no ha ni oku tsuyu no marokibashi fumi minu saki ni kie ya wataran Upon magpie
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Cranes by the sea.
なにはがたしほひにたてるあしたづのはねしろたへに雪はふりつつ
naniwagata shiohi ni tateru ashitazu no hane shirotae ni yuki wa furitsutsu In Naniwa’s tidelands
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A place famous for scarlet leaves
はつかりの羽風のさむくなるままにさほの山べは色づきにけり
hatsukari no hakaze no samuku naru mama ni sao no yamabe wa irozukinikeri The first geese:
秋風に山とびこゆるはつ雁のつばさにわくるみねの白雲
akikaze ni yama tobikoyuru hatsukari no tsubasa ni wakuru mine no shirakumo On the autumn wind,
あまの戸をあけがたの空になく雁の翼の露にやどる月影
ama no to o akegata no sora ni naku kari no tsubasa no tsuyu ni yadoru tsukikage As the gates of heaven
鳴きわたる雁のはかぜに雲きえてよぶかき空にすめる月影
nakiwataru kari no hakaze ni kumo kiete yobukaki sora ni sumeru tsukikage Crying as they cross,
Geese above the sea
わたのはら八重のしほぢにとぶかりのつばさの波に秋風ぞふく
wata no hara yae no shioji ni tobu kari no tsubasa no nami ni akikaze zo fuku Across the broad sea sweep
On geese flying over a place where the blossom was scattering, for a folding screen picture.
雁がねのかへる翅にかをるなり花をうらむる春の山かぜ
kari ga ne no kaeru tubasa ni kaoru nari hana o uramuru haru no yamakaze Geese cry, as
Created with Soan.
[One of] a number of poems composed on the occasion of an embassy to Silla, exchanged in sadness at parting, or noting emotions on voyage, or ancient poems which matched the location.
武庫の浦の入江の洲鳥羽ぐくもる君を離れて恋に死ぬべし
muko no ura no
At the Bay of Muko
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'Simply moving and elegant'
