| 31.
Asaborake Ariakenotsuki to Miru made ni Yoshino no sato ni Fureru shirayuki /
Sakanoue no Korenori /
Genre: winter
Dawn broke, when I looked outside, Yoshino was covered with snow so beautifully that I thought it lightened by the morning moon. |
| 32.
Yamakawa ni Kaze no kake taru Shigarami wa Nagare mo ae nu Momiji nari keri /
Harumichi no Tsuraki /
Genre: autumn
The weir in a mountain stream built by the wind was maple leaves, staying not flowing away. |
| 33.
Hisakata no Hikari nodokeki Haru no hi ni Shizukokoro naku Hana no chiru ramu /
Ki no Tomonori /
Genre: spring * comparison I'm wondering why cherry blossoms are going to fall in a flurry on such a day with sunlight calm and mild. |
| 34.
Tare wo ka mo Shiru hito ni se mu Takasago no Matsu mo mukashi no Tomo nara naku ni /
Fujiwara no Okikaze /
Genre: others
Who on earth can be my friend? There is nothing as old as the pine trees in Takasago, which are not my old friends either. |
| 35.
Hito wa isa Kokoro mo shira zu Furusato wa Hana zo mukashi no Ka ni nioi keru /
Ki no Tsurayuki(868-946) /
Genre: spring
I don't know whether you have changed your mind or not, but only the plum blossoms are in glorious bloom as ever in my hometown. |
| 36.
Natsu no yo wa Mada yoi nagara Ake nuru wo Kumo no izuko ni Tsuki yadoru ramu /
Kiyohara no Fukayafu /
Genre: summer
Summer night is so short that the day breaks while you think it in the evening. I'm wondering which cloud has the moon. |
| 37.
Shiratsuyu ni Kaze no fukishiku Aki no no wa Tsuranuki tome nu Tama zo chiri keru /
Funya no Asayasu /
Genre: autumn
The wind is blowing against the white dewdrops on the grass in the field in autumn, which are scattering like unchained pearls. |
| 38.
Wasura ruru Mi wo ba omowa zu Chikai te shi Hito no inochi no Oshiku mo aru kana /
Ukon /
Genre: love
I never mind myself you'll forget, but I'm sorry you are going to die under God's punishment because you have broken the promise you swore your love to me. |
| 39.
Asajiu no Ono no shinohara Shinoburedo Amari te nado ka Hito no koishiki /
Sangi Hitoshi(880-951) /
Genre: love I have endured like the word of shino(=endure) in the fields with cogongrass, where bamboos are growing, but now I cannot any more. Why do I miss you so much? |
| 40.
Shinobure do Iro ni ide ni keri Wa ga koi wa Mono ya omou to Hito no tou made /
Taira no Kanemori(?-990) /
Genre: love
I have been concealing my love but my face has betrayed it so much that people ask me now whether I'm in love. |