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Itake moru ama miru toki ni narinikeri Ezokakeshima o keburi kometari
The season has come to see the fisherfolk at their work; smoke hangs thick over Ezokake Island.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Mononofu no narasu susami wa omodatashi achiso no shisari kamo no irekubi
The pastimes in which warriors train themselves are splendid to see, the achiso no shisari and the duck's tucked neck.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Mutsu no ku no okuyukashiku zo omōyuru tsubo no ishibumi soto no hamakaze
How I long to know the far reaches of Michinoku: the Stone Monument of Tsubo and the wind on the shore of Soto.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Asa kaeru kariiunako no muratomo wa Hara no Okayama koe ya shinuran
The companions of the kariiunako, returning in the morning, have they already crossed over Hara no Okayama?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Sugaru fusu kogure ga shita no kuzumaki o fukiuragaesu aki no hatsukaze
Under the dark of the trees where the deer lie, the first wind of autumn blows the coiling kudzu leaves and turns them over.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Morogoe ni morikakimika zo kikoyu naru iiawasete ya tsuma o kouran
In chorus I hear the morikakimika calling; have they agreed among themselves to cry for their mates?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Sumire saku Yokono no tsubana sakinureba omoiomoi ni hito kayou nari
Now that the cogon grass has flowered on Yokono where the violets bloom, people come and go, each as they please.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Kurenai no iro narinagara tade no ho no karashi ya hito no me ni mo tatenu wa
Though crimson in color, how bitter it is, like the pungent spike of the water pepper, that no one even turns an eye to it.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Yomogiu wa sama koto nari ya niwa no omo ni karasuōgi no nazo shigeruran
The garden overgrown with mugwort looks strange indeed; why is it that the blackberry lily grows so thick across its face?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Karinokosu mizu no makomo ni kakuroete kagemochigao ni naku kawazu kana
Hidden among the wild rice left uncut in the water, the frog croaks as though it owned the shade.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Yanagihara kawakaze fukanu kage naraba atsuku ya semi no koe ni naramashi
Willow grove, if yours were a shade where no river breeze blew, would even the voices of the cicadas sound hot?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Hisagi oite suzume to nareru kage nare ya nami utsu kishi ni kaze wataritsutsu
Has the hisagi grown here to make a shade that says, come and be cool? Over the shore where the waves break, the wind keeps blowing.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Tsuki no tame misabi sueji to omoishi ni midori ni mo shiku ike no ukikusa
For the moon's sake I meant to keep the water free of scum, yet the duckweed has spread across the pond in a sheet of green.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Omou koto miare no shime ni hiku suzu no kanawazu wa yomo naraji to zo omou
My wish is like the bell pulled on the sacred rope at the Miare rite; if it were not to be granted, surely the bell would not ring.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Mikumano no hamayū ouru ura sabite hito naminami ni toshi zo kasanaru
The bay of Kumano where the spider lilies grow has gone desolate, and like everyone else, wave on wave, my years pile up.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Isonokami furuki sumika e wakeireba shika no asaji ni tsuyu no koboruru
When I push my way through to the old dwelling, dew spills from the sparse reed grass where the deer lie.
Sankashu - Saigyō