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- Sankashu
Yama fukami koke no mushiro no ue ni ite nanigokoro naku naku mashira kana
Deep in the mountains, a monkey sits on a mat of moss, crying away without a care in its heart.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Yama fukami iwa ni shitaruru mizu tamen katsugatsu otsuru tochi hirou hodo
Deep in the mountains, I will collect the water dripping from the rocks while I gather the horse chestnuts falling one by one.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Yama fukami kejikaki tori no oto wa sede mono osoroshiki fukurō no koe
Deep in the mountains, I hear none of the friendly birds of home—only the eerie, frightening voice of the owl.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Yama fukami kogurai mine no kozue yori monomonoshiku mo wataru arashi ka
Deep in the mountains, how fearsomely the storm sweeps across the treetops of the peak, dark with trees!
Sankashu - Saigyō
Yama fukami hoda kiru nari to kikoetsutsu tokoro nigiwau ono no oto kana
Deep in the mountains, I hear what must be someone cutting firewood, the sound of the axe bringing a little life to the place.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Yama fukami irite mi to miru mono wa mina aware moyōsu keshiki naru kana
Deep in the mountains, everything I see as I make my way in is a scene that stirs the heart to sorrow.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Yama fukami naruru kasegi no kejikasa ni yo ni tōzakaru hodo zo shiraruru
Deep in the mountains, from how close the deer now come, grown used to me, I can tell just how far I have withdrawn from the world.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Awaresa wa kōya to kimi mo omoiyare aki kuregata no ōhara no sato
Think of it, you too: its sorrow is the same as Kōya's, this village of Ōhara at the close of autumn's day.
Sankashu - Jakuzen
Hitori sumu oboro no shimizu tomo to te wa tsuki o zo sumasu ōhara no sato
For me, living alone, the Oboro spring keeps the moon dwelling clear in its waters as my friend, here in the village of Ōhara.
Sankashu - Jakuzen
Sumigama no tanabiku keburi hitosuji ni kokorobosoki wa ōhara no sato
Like the single thread of smoke trailing from the charcoal kilns, how utterly forlorn is the village of Ōhara.
Sankashu - Jakuzen
Nani to naku tsuyu zo koboruru aki no ta ni hita hikinarasu ōhara no sato
For no reason at all the dew spills down, as the bird clappers are pulled and rattled in the autumn rice fields of Ōhara village.
Sankashu - Jakuzen
Mizu no oto wa makura ni otsuru kokochi shite nezamegachi naru ōhara no sato
The sound of the water seems to fall right onto my pillow, so I often wake in the night here in the village of Ōhara.
Sankashu - Jakuzen
Ada ni fuku kusa no iori no aware yori sode ni tsuyu oku ōhara no sato
From the sorrow of living in a roughly thatched grass hut, dew settles on my sleeves here in the village of Ōhara.
Sankashu - Jakuzen
Yamakaze ni mine no sasaguri harahara to niwa ni ochishiku ōhara no sato
In the mountain wind the little chestnuts from the peak come pattering down, spreading all over the garden in the village of Ōhara.
Sankashu - Jakuzen
Masurao ga tsumagi ni akebi sashisoete kurureba kaeru ōhara no sato
A sturdy man, with akebi fruit tucked into his bundle of firewood, comes home as the day grows dark to the village of Ōhara.
Sankashu - Jakuzen
Mugura hau kado wa konoha ni uzumorete hito mo sashikonu ōhara no sato
The gate overgrown with creeping weeds lies buried under fallen leaves, and no one comes this way to the village of Ōhara.
Sankashu - Jakuzen