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- Senzai Wakashu
Shimo saete kareyuku ono no okabe naru nara no hiroha ni shigure furu nari
On the broad leaves of the oaks by the hillside of the moor, withering under the cold, clear frost, I hear the winter showers falling.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Mototoshi
Nezame shite tare ka kiku ran kono koro no ko no ha ni kakaru yowa no shigure o
Who else, I wonder, has woken in the night and is listening to the midnight showers falling on the leaves in these days?
Senzai Wakashu - Uma no Naishi
Oto ni sae tamoto o nurasu shigure kana maki no itaya no yowa no nezame ni
Even its mere sound wets my sleeves, this winter shower, when I wake at midnight beneath a roof of cedar boards.
Senzai Wakashu - Minamoto no Sadanobu
Mabara naru maki no itaya ni oto wa shite moranu shigure ya ko no ha naru ran
There is the sound of rain on my gappy roof of cedar boards, yet nothing leaks through. Could this shower be falling leaves?
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Shunzei
Ko no ha chiru to bakari kikite yaminamashi morade shigure no yamameguri seba
I would have taken it only for the sound of falling leaves, had the showers merely roamed the mountains without leaking in.
Senzai Wakashu - Prince-Priest Kakushō
Hitorine no namida ya sora ni kayou ramu shigure ni kumoru ariake no tsuki
Have the tears I shed sleeping alone reached up into the sky? The dawn moon is clouded by winter showers.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kanezane
Utatane wa yume ya utsutsu ni kayou ramu samete mo onaji shigure o zo kiku
Do the dreams of a fitful doze pass over into waking life? Even after I wake, I hear the same showers I heard in my dream.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Takanobu
Yama meguru kumo no shita ni ya narinu ran susono no hara ni shigure sugu nari
Have I come beneath the clouds that roam around the mountain? I hear the showers passing over the plain at its foot.
Senzai Wakashu - Minamoto no Yorimasa
Shigureyuku ochi no toyama no minetsuzuki utsuri mo aezu kumogakuru ran
Along the distant chain of hills where the showers move on, the peaks are hidden in cloud before the showers have even finished passing over.
Senzai Wakashu - Minamoto no Moromitsu
Arashi fuku Hira no takane no newatashi ni aware shigururu Kannazuki kana
Ah, the showers fall in the Godless Month, crossing from ridge to ridge over the high peaks of Hira where the storm winds blow.
Senzai Wakashu - Dōin
Miyamabe no shigurete wataru kazu goto ni kakotogamashiki tamakashiwa kana
Each time the showers pass over the deep mountains, the leaves of the oak rustle as if voicing their grievances.
Senzai Wakashu - Minamoto no Kunizane
Ko no ha nomi chiru ka to omoishi shigure ni wa namida mo taenu mono ni zo arikeru
I had thought only leaves fell in the winter showers, but in them I find my tears too will not be held back.
Senzai Wakashu - Minamoto no Toshiyori
Furihaete hito mo toikonu yamazato wa shigure bakari zo sugigate ni suru
In this mountain village where no one goes out of their way to visit, only the showers seem reluctant to pass on by.
Senzai Wakashu - Nijō Taikōtaigōgū no Higo
Shiguretsuru maya no nokiba no hodo naki ni yagate sashiiru tsuki no kage kana
The eaves of the gabled house where showers fell just now are short, and no sooner have the showers stopped than the moonlight slips straight in.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Teika
Tamazusa ni namida no kakaru kokochi shite shigururu sora ni kari no naku naru
It feels as if tears were falling on a letter, as I hear the wild geese crying in the sky of winter showers.
Senzai Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Minegoe ni nara no ha tsutai otozurete yagate nokiba ni shigure kinikeri
Crossing the ridge, the showers made their way from oak leaf to oak leaf with a patter, and came straight on to my eaves.
Senzai Wakashu - Minamoto no Nakayori