The colour and the fragrance (Ki no Tsurayuki Poems)
The colour and the fragranceHave the depth of long agoIn their lustre, yetOf the one who planted themA glimpse would ...
The colour and the fragranceHave the depth of long agoIn their lustre, yetOf the one who planted themA glimpse would ...
I've not set handThrough the passing days and monthsOn my white spindlewood bowYet, strung taut at night,The release of sleep ...
My thoughts are drawnTo a white mountain in KoshiOf which I know nothing;But there's not single night in dreamsThat I ...
Twisting into threadCannot be done with it, yetThis parting pathRuns thinly through my heart,Or, that's how it feels, at least. ...
When the spring has come,First flowering at my houseThe plum blossoms:In your thousandth year,I see you with them in your ...
With a song he tried to keepThe blossoms, yet now they're gone,So the warbler too,At the last, in melancholyHas sunk, ...
The morning mistsDescends upon the late-growing mountain fields;Harvest has begun; so briefAnd fleeting is this world of oursI feel. (Ki ...
Cranes among the reedsStanding by the water's edge:The gusting wind hasBrought near, and not retrievedThese whitecaps, or so it seems. ...
On the path of dreamsHas there been dewfall, perhaps?Throughout the nightI went back and forth, my sleevesSoaked, and still not ...
While I have not goneTo the mountains of Yoshino,Of the cherry blossomWord comes-nothing more-Will I just continue to hear? (Ki ...
Did some lodge hereAnd leave for a keepsakeWisteria trousers? Thoroughworts,Impossible to forget,Their fragrance lingers on. (Ki no Tsurayuki)
From this year onI'll deeply feel the springWith these cherry blossoms.That they will soon be gone-Oh, that I did not ...
White snowflakesFalling constantly-at such a timeIn fair YoshinoAmid the wild winds round the mountain's baseScatter blossoms. (Ki no Tsurayuki)
In the land of TsuAt Naniwa the reedBuds swell-while I gaze from afar-Most abundantly-full of love-Does she even know? (Ki ...
The Autumn windBlew and since that dayOn Otowa MountainThe tips of the trees on the peakHave been touched with colour. ...
'This is when he came,' I think,Still full of longing;In the evening gloomThe image of his face aloneIs all I ...
CeaselesslyFalling the rains have swollenInto a river of tears.Yet only my sleeves are drenched,With no way to meet you. (Ki ...
Though I dipWithin the waveI cannot search them out:With the gusting of the wind,The jewels that rise and sink again! ...
Harvesting wild riceAmong the marsh waters of the Yodo:After rain,Extraordinarily the watersOverflow, as does my love. (Ki no Tsurayuki)
At IsonokamiIn Furu lies the ancient middle path,And right in it am I:Had we not met, love:Would I feel it ...
Chrysanthemums in Autumn:While they shineI'll wear them in my hair,For sooner than the flowers'May come my ending. (Ki no Tsurayuki)
The coverlet of isles that makesYamato does not holdChinese robesWorn without respiteI long for a way to meet you. (Ki ...
I may never know the morrow-That may be my fate, butWhile the daylight lastsToday, for his sake aloneWill I grieve. ...
With no eyes to seeAt all, they've scatteredIn the mountains' heart,These Autumn leaves are night'sBrocade, indeed! (Ki no Tsurayuki)
For you, my loveBrings forth tears, did it notMy Chinese robeAbout the breastWould burn with the fire of my passion. ...
My lord hangsGarlands of Mikasa Mountain'sScarlet leaves' hue:The Godless Month'sShowers of rainHave dyed them. (Ki no Tsurayuki)
Now a few daysOf Spring is all that remains, soEven the bush warblerStares into space,Lost in thought, it seems. (Ki ...
Of people: one cannotKnow their hearts,But in my home of oldThe blossom, with its ancientScent perfumes the air. (Ki no ...
On Mount Ogura'sPeak, he is wont to stand:The belling stagHas passed many an autumn;The number? No one can tell. (Ki ...
The waves offshoreRise high; on the beach at TakashiThe pines,As their name suggests, for youKeep on waiting. (Ki no Tsurayuki)
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