なみだこそゆくへもしらねみわの崎さののわたりの雨の夕ぐれ
namida koso
yukue mo shirane
miwa no saki
sano no watari no
ame no yūgure | Indeed, my tears
Have no end, as
By Miwa Point
At Sano crossing falls
The evening rain. |
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すみがまのけぶりもさびし大原やふりにし里の雪の夕ぐれ
sumigama no
keburi mo sabishi
ōhara ya
furinishi sato no
yuki no yūgure | Even the charcoal kiln’s
Smoke is sad and lonely
At Ōhara
In an ancient estate
On a snowy evening. |
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Snow at a retreat[i]
ふるさとはうらさびしともなきものをよし野のおくの雪の夕ぐれ
furusato wa
urasabishi to mo
naki mono o
yoshino no oku no
yuki no yūgure | At the ancient capital
Filled with lonely sadness
I am not, yet
Deep in Yoshino
Snow falls in the evening… |
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Snow around a temple
うちつけに物ぞかなしきはつせ山をのへのかねの雪の夕暮
uchitsuke ni
mono zo kanashiki
hatsuseyama
onoe no kane no
yuki no yūgure | Suddenly,
All is sadness,
On Hatsuse Mountain with
The bell tolling from the peak,
Amid the evening snow. |
382
おのづからさびしくもあるか山ふかみ草のいほりの雪の夕ぐれ
onozukara
sabishiku mo aru ka
yama fukami
kusa no iori no
yuki no yūgure | All by itself
Lonely sadness comes upon me
Deep within the mountains
In a hut of grass
On a snowy evening… |
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Composed on an autumn evening
大かたに物おもふとしもなかりけりただ我がための秋の夕ぐれ
ōkata ni
mono’omou to shimo
nakarikeri
tada wa ga tame no
aki no yūgure | Just passing
Gloomy thoughts
I do not have;
Simply for my sake
Falls this autumn evening… |
Saying I was passing by the sea.
ながめやる心もたへぬわたのはら八重のしほぢの秋の夕暮
nagameyaru
kokoro mo taenu
wata no hara
yae no shioji no
aki no yūgure | Gazing out,
My feelings fail to last,
Across the wide seascape
Eightfold are the tideways
On an autumn evening… |
An autumn evening at a hut in the fields.
かくてなほたへてしあらばいかがせむ山田もるいほの秋の夕ぐれ
kakute nao
taeteshi araba
ikaga semu
yamada moru io no
aki no yūgure | Should I continue,
To endure, as in the past, then
What am I to do?
In a hut, warding mountain paddies,
On an autumn evening… |
きりぎりすなく夕ぐれの秋風に我さへあやな物ぞかなしき
kirigirisu
naku yūgure no
akikaze ni
ware sae ayana
mono zo kanashiki | As the crickets
Cry this evening, with
The autumn wind,
Even I, strangely,
Am struck by the sadness of everything. |
Stags in the evening
鳴くしかのこゑより袖におくかつゆ物おもふ比の秋のゆふぐれ
naku shika no
koe yori sode ni
oku ka tsuyu
mono’omou koro no
aki no yūgure | Is it the belling stag’s
Cry that upon my sleeves
Drops dewdrops?
Sunk in gloomy thought now
On an autumn evening… |
'Simply moving and elegant'
