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- Sankashu
Yamazakura tsubomi hajimuru hana no e ni haru o ba komete kasumu narikeri
On the branches of the mountain cherry just beginning to bud, all of spring is held within, and so they lie veiled in haze.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Mi ni tsukite moyuru omoi no kiemashi ya suzushiki kaze no aogazariseba
Would the burning fire of longing that clings to me have ever gone out, had the cool wind not come to fan it?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Hana made wa mi ni nizarubeshi kuchihatete eda mo naki ki no ne o na karashi so
To bear blossoms is surely beyond one like me; but this tree, rotted through and without branches—do not let its roots wither.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Chikai arite negawan kuni e yukubeku wa nishi no kado yori satori hirakan
If by the Buddha's vow I may go to the land I long for, I will open the way to awakening through the western gate.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Samazama ni tanagokoro naru chikai o ba namu no kotoba ni fusanetaru kana
The vows held in so many ways within the palms of a thousand hands are all bound together into the single word "Namu."
Sankashu - Saigyō
Nobe no iro mo haru no nioi mo oshinabete kokoro somekeru satori ni zo naru
The colors of the autumn fields and the fragrance of spring, all that has dyed my heart, become awakening itself.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Sawa no omo ni fuketaru tazu no hitokoe ni odorokasarete chidori naku nari
Startled awake by a single cry of a crane on the marsh deep in the night, the plovers, it seems, begin to cry.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Tomo ni narite onaji minato o idefune no yukue mo shirazu kogiwakarenuru
The boats that set out together as companions from the same harbor have rowed off their separate ways, not knowing where the others went.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Taki otsuru yoshino no oku no miyakawa no mukashi o miken ato shitawabaya
Deep in Yoshino where the falls drop down, the Miya River must have watched the days of old—I long to seek out the traces it has seen.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Waga sono no okabe ni tateru hitotsu matsu o tomo to mitsutsu mo oinikeru kana
Gazing on the lone pine that stands on the slope of my garden as my friend, I too have grown old.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Samazama no aware aritsuru yamazato o hito ni tsutaete aki no kurenuru
While I was telling others of the many moving charms of this mountain village, autumn has drawn to its close.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Yamagatsu no suminu to miyuru watari kana fuyu ni aseyuku shizuhara no sato
It looks like a place where only mountain folk dwell—the village of Shizuhara, fading away as winter comes.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Yamazato no kokoro no yume ni madoioreba fuki shiramakasu kaze no oto kana
In the mountain village, as I wander lost in the dreams of my heart, the sound of the wind comes blowing in to break their spell.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Tsuki o koso nagameba kokoro ukare ideme yami naru sora ni tadayou ya nazo
If I were gazing at the moon, my heart might well drift away; but why does it wander through a sky of darkness?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Nami takaki ashiya no oki o kakurebune no koto nakute yo o sugin to zo omou
Like a boat slipping under shelter past the high waves off Ashiya, I wish to pass through this world without mishap.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Sasagani no ito yo o kakute suginikeru hito no hito naru te ni mo kakarade
Like a spider spinning its thread, truly in just this way I have passed through the world, never caught in the hands of people as others are.
Sankashu - Saigyō