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- Sankashu
Sabishisa ni taetaru hito no mata mo are na iori naraben fuyu no yamazato
If only there were one more person who could endure this loneliness; we would set our huts side by side in this mountain village in winter.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Shimo ni aite iro aratamuru ashi no ho no sabishiku miyuru Naniwae no ura
Touched by the frost, the plumes of the reeds have changed their color, and the bay of Naniwa looks so lonely.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Tama makishi kakine no makuzu shimogarete sabishiku miyuru fuyu no yamazato
The arrowroot along the fence, its leaves once curled like jewels, has withered in the frost, and the mountain village in winter looks so lonely.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Tabine suru kusa no makura ni shimo saete ariake no tsuki no kage zo mataruru
Sleeping on my journey with grass for a pillow, the frost lies frozen there, and I find myself waiting for the light of the moon that lingers into dawn.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Fuyugare no susamajige naru yamazato ni tsuki no sumu koso aware narikere
In a mountain village withered by winter, so bleak and bare, it is the moon dwelling there in its clear light that moves the heart most deeply.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Tsuki izuru mine no konoha mo chirihatete fumoto no sato wa ureshikaruran
The leaves on the peak where the moon rises have all fallen, and the village at the foot of the mountain must surely be glad.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Hana ni oku tsuyu ni yadorishi kage yori mo kareno no tsuki wa aware narikeri
More than the moonlight that once lodged in the dew on the autumn flowers, the moon over the withered moor moves my heart so deeply.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Kōri shiku numa no ashihara kaze saete tsuki mo hikari zo sabishikarikeru
Over the reed beds of the marsh, spread with ice, the wind blows freezing cold, and even the moon seems lonely in its light.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Shimo sayuru niwa no konoha o fumiwakete tsuki wa miru ya to tou hito mogana
If only someone would come, treading a path through the leaves of my frost-bound garden, to ask me, 'Are you watching the moon?'
Sankashu - Saigyō
Sayu to miete fuyu fukaku naru tsukikage wa mizu naki niwa ni kōri o zo shiku
Seeming colder and clearer as winter deepens, the moonlight spreads a sheet of ice across my garden, where there is no water at all.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Awasetsuru koi no hashitaka soba e kashi inukaibito no koe shikiri nari
The sparrow hawk loosed at the prey has perched in a tree, and the dog handlers keep calling, again and again, 'Come back here to my side!'
Sankashu - Saigyō
Kakikurasu yuki ni kigisu wa mienedomo haoto ni suzu o kuwaete zo yaru
In the snow that darkens the whole sky the pheasant cannot be seen, yet we loose the hawk, the sound of its bell joined to the beating of its wings.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Furu yuki ni todachi mo miezu uzumorete toridokoro naki mikarino no hara
Buried by the falling snow, even the places where birds gather and take flight can no longer be seen: the hunting moor offers no birds and nothing to take hold of.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Konoma moru tsuki no kage tomo miyuru kana hadara ni fureru niwa no shirayuki
It looks just like moonlight filtering through the trees: the white snow lying in patches in the garden.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Tachinoboru asahi no kage no sasu mama ni miyako no yuki wa kiemi kiezumi
As the rising morning sun casts its light, the snow across the capital melts in some places and lingers in others.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Karehatsuru kaya ga uwaba ni furu yuki wa sara ni obana no kokochi koso sure
The snow falling on the upper leaves of the reeds, withered through and through, makes it seem as if the silver plumes of pampas grass had bloomed once again.
Sankashu - Saigyō