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- Sankashu
Nagare mishi kishi no kodachi mo asehatete matsu nomi koso wa mukashi naru rame
The trees along the bank where I once watched the falls have all faded away; only the pines, I suppose, remain as they were long ago.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Se o hayami miyatakigawa o watariyukeba kokoro no soko no sumu kokochi suru
The current is swift, and as I cross the Miyataki River, I feel as though my heart has grown clear to its very depths.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Omoiidete tare ka wa tomete wake mo kon iru yamamichi no tsuyu no fukasa o
Who would think of me and come looking, pushing through the heavy dew of the mountain path I take? No one.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Kuretake no ima ikuyo ka wa okifushite iori no mado o akeorosu beki
Like the joints of black bamboo, how many more nights will I rise and lie down, opening and closing the window of my hut?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Sono suji ni irinaba kokoro nani shi ka mo hitome omoite yo ni tsutsumuran
If you have truly entered that path, my heart, why do you still mind others' eyes and keep yourself hidden from the world?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Midori naru matsu ni kasanaru shirayuki wa yanagi no kinu o yama ni ōeru
The white snow heaped upon the green pines has draped the mountain in a robe of willow colors, white over green.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Sakari naranu ki mo naku hana no sakinikeru to omoeba yuki o wakuru yamamichi
I thought every tree had come into full bloom—and then I found I was on a mountain path, pushing through the snow.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Nami to miyuru yuki o wakete zo kogiwataru kiso no kakehashi soko mo mieneba
Parting snow that looks like waves, I cross as if rowing a boat over the hanging bridge of Kiso, for not even the bottom of the gorge can be seen.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Manazuru wa sawa no kōri no kagami nite chitose no kage o mote ya nasuran
Does the crane take the ice of the marsh for a mirror, reflecting there the image of its thousand years?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Sawa mo tokezu tsumedo katami ni todomarade me ni mo tamaranu egu no kusaguki
The marsh is not yet thawed; though I pick them, they will not stay in my basket—the stalks of egu grass, too small even to catch the eye.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Kimi ga sumu kishi no iwa yori izuru mizu no taenu sue o zo hito mo kumikeru
The water welling clear from the rocks of the bank where you live—people too have long drawn from its never-ending stream.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Tashiro miyuru ike no tsutsumi no kasa soete tatōru mizu ya haru no yo no tame
The water brimming in the pond, its bank raised higher where the rice fields can be seen—is it there for the sake of the spring night?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Niwa ni nagasu shimizu no sue o sekitomete kadota yashinau kokoro ni mo aru kana
Damming the end of the clear stream I let flow through the garden, I find there is also a heart that would nourish the fields before the gate.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Fushimi suginu okanoya ni nao todomaraji hino made yukite koma kokoromin
Fushimi is behind me; I will not stop at Okanoya either. I will ride on as far as Hino and test my horse's mettle.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Aki no iro wa kaze zo nomose ni shikiwatasu shigure wa oto o tamoto ni zo kiku
The colors of autumn the wind spreads all across the moor, while the sound of the showers I hear upon my sleeves.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Shigure somuru hanazonoyama ni aki kurete nishiki no iro o aratamuru kana
On Hanazono Hill, where the first showers have begun, autumn draws to its close, renewing once more the colors of its brocade.
Sankashu - Saigyō