Old Folk 老人
しくちひくあこのはまやに年ふりていやみにましばしめられにけり
shikuchi hiku Fishing for mullet
Toshiyori
Old Folk 老人
iyamashi ni More and more
Akinaka
Sages’ Dwellings 仙宮
古郷はいかになりにしをののえのくつるもしらず年のへぬれば
furusato wa My home,
Daishin
Sages’ Dwellings 仙宮
たちぬはぬ衣の袖しふれければみちとせへてぞ桃もなりける
tachinuwanu Neither woven nor sewn are
Toshiyori
Sages’ Dwellings 仙宮
いかにかく山ぢをいづる時のまにみし人もなくとしのへぬらん
ika ni kaku How is it that
Akinaka
Waterfalls 滝
かちまけをたれかはみけん年をへておなじほどなる布引の滝
kachimake o Victory or defeat,
Tadafusa
Stones 石
たのめなほ河せの砂としふりてまごふの石とならん世までに
tanome nao kawase no isago toshi furite magō no ishi to naran yo made ni Ever believe in me! Until
Nakazane
Lacking a Glimpse of Love Letters 不見書恋
おぼつかなきそぢのはしは年ふれどかけてぞ我はふみみざりける
obotsukana How strange it is!
Akinaka
Grieving that he had grown old, while seated beneath the cherry blossoms.
色も香もおなじ昔にさくらめど年ふる人ぞあらたまりける
iro mo ka mo In both hue and scent
Ki no Tomonori
When he was in the presence of the Somedono Empress[1] and, seeing that Her Majesty had placed some cherry blossom in a vase, he composed:
年ふればよはひは老いぬしかはあれど花をし見れば物思もなし
tosi Fureba The years have passed, and
The Former Grand Minister[2]
[1] Fujiwara no Akirakeiko (Meishi) 藤原明子 (829-900). Daughter of Fujiwara no Yoshifusa, and consort of Emperor Montoku.
[2] Fujiwara no Yoshifusa 藤原良房 (804-872).
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