Snowbell Blossom
いたづらにちりやしぬらむ山たかみ人もかよはぬ山ぢさの花
itazura ni
chiri ya shinuramu
yama takami
hito mo kayowanu
yamajisa no hana | Mischievously,
I wonder, do they scatter—
High up in the mountains, where
Folk pass not
Along the trails: snowbell blossoms? |
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Autumn
千鳥なくさほの河ぎりたちぬらし山のこのはも色まさりゆく
tidori naku
saFo no kaFagiri
tatinurasi
yama no ko no Fa mo
iro masariyuku | Plovers cry from
The River Sao, where
Mists have risen, it seems;
The leaves of trees upon the mountain, too
Are turning finer hues. |
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わがせこをまつちの山のくずかづら玉さかにだにくるよしもなし
wa ga seko o
matsuchi no yama no
kuzukazura
tamasaka ni dani
kuru yoshi mo nashi | My darling man,
I await you at Matsuchi Mountain,
As a clinging kudzu vine
If only sometimes
I had but a way to make you come to me… |
476
もらしわびぬしのぶのおくの山ふかみ木がくれてゆく谷川の水
morashiwabinu
shinobu no oku no
yama fukami
kogakureteyuku
tanikawa no mizu | Drenched in suffering
Deep within Shinobu’s secret
Mountain depths
Hidden ‘neath the trees flows
The waters of a mountain stream. |
451
しらま弓いそべの山の松の色のときはにものをおもふころかな
shiramayumi
isobe no yama no
matsu no iro no
tokiwa ni mono o
omou koso kana | The pure white bow of
Mountains by the rocky shore, where
The pines’ hues are
Evergreen but more so my gloomy
Thoughts of you! |
442
あし曳の山にすむてふ山がつの心もしらぬこひもするかな
ashihiki no
yama ni sumu chō
yamagatsu no
kokoro mo shiranu
koi mo suru kana | In the leg-wearying
Mountains dwells, they say,
A wild woodcutter—
His heart I know not, yet
He loves, as do I! |
439
あし曳の山のをのへにかるかやのつかのまもなく乱れてぞおもふ
ashihiki no
yama no onoe ni
karu kaya no
tsuka no ma mo naku
midarete zo omou | On the leg-wearying
Mountain’s peak
Reaped is the silver-grass
Leaving no space ‘tween the stubble—
Just as my wild thoughts of you… |
425
山しげみ木の下がくれ行く水のおと聞きしよりわれやわするる
yama shigemi
ko no shitagakure
yuku mizu no
oto kikishi yori
ware ya wasururu | In the mountains lush,
Hidden beneath the trees
Runs waters’
Soft sounds since I heard
How can I ever forget her? |
412
しら雪のふるの山なる杉村のすぐる程なきとしのくれかな
shirayuki no
furu no yama naru
sugimura no
suguru hodo naki
toshi no kure kana | Snow so white
Falls on Furu Mountain’s
Cypress groves—
In no time at all is past
The ending of the year! |
401
あしびきの山よりおくにやどもがな年のくまじきかくれがにせむ
ashihiki no
yama yori oku ni
yado mogana
toshi no kumajiki
kakurega ni semu | Deeper than the leg-wearying
Mountains’ depth
I would make my home
That the years will not come there,
To my hidden hut. |
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