The waves offshore (Ki no Tsurayuki Poems)
The waves offshoreRise high; on the beach at TakashiThe pines,As their name suggests, for youKeep on waiting. (Ki no Tsurayuki)
The waves offshoreRise high; on the beach at TakashiThe pines,As their name suggests, for youKeep on waiting. (Ki no Tsurayuki)
Once I wet my sleevesScooping waterIt's frozen nowOn this first day of spring,Will the wind melt it, I wonder? (Ki ...
The first geeseWing over wailing (Weeping I pass my days); forThis world'sHuman heartsAutumn ennui is so cold. (Ki no Tsurayuki)
Throughout the span of manIt flows along:The river of tears.Even winter does not freezeThe foam upon its waters (Ki no ...
A singularThing, it was, I thought, yetFrom the water's depths,Not from the mountains' peaks,Comes moonlight. (Ki no Tsurayuki)
While I gaze upon itI feel a certain distance:The moon lightMakes its way to dwellingsEverywhere, I feel. (Ki no Tsurayuki)
At Yoshino RiverWaves crash high above the rocks;The rushing waterSwift as yourLodging within my thoughts. (Ki no Tsurayuki)
On account of rainTo Tamino Isle, raincoat clad,I went today, yetNaniwa, so well-known, concealsThe place! (Ki no Tsurayuki)
The woodcuttersAre felling palace logs all day, it seems,Leg-wearyingFrom the mountains echoesResound. (Ki no Tsurayuki)
There was no colourTo my heart, but with youIt is dyed and nowThat it might fadeIs beyond imagination. (Ki no ...
Beneath the mightyGods' enclosing fenceCreeps a vine:Unable to withstand the Autumn,It has turned sere. (Ki no Tsurayuki)
Willow's branches:Blue and twisted threads.Time and again, in springThe ruffled flowersHave unravelled. (Ki no Tsurayuki)
In this endless rainYou make the very sky resound,Cuckoo.What regrets have you,To cry so all night long? (Ki no Tsurayuki)
Meeting is as remote ascloud-shroudedthunder rumblesas do rumours of youand so my love continues. (Ki no Tsurayuki)
On a summer night,I wonder if I should to bed, and thenA cuckooGives a single cry andBright dawn breaks. (Ki ...
The white dewfall andShowers, too, have completelyDrenched Moruyama:Every single under-leafHas coloured. (Ki no Tsurayuki)
The Autumn mountainsWeave Autumn leavesFor offerings, soEven I, living here,Feel the urge to travel. (Ki no Tsurayuki)
The scent of plumWith the covering snowIs blended, soWho one from the otherCould tell and pluck them? (Ki no Tsurayuki)
Let's get together,Say, and dearKagami MountainClimb; the scarlet leavesScattering, will make a sight. (Ki no Tsurayuki)
This world of menIs such a place:The gusting wind,Invisible, as she I've never seenAnd yet do love. (Ki no Tsurayuki)
Did I but know the wayI would go and pluck,On Suminoe'sShore the sproutingGrass to forget my love. (Ki no Tsurayuki)
A mountain cherryThrough the drifting mistsFaintlySeen thus there is a ladyI long for all the more. (Ki no Tsurayuki)
A secret it is, butWhen I feel love rise,From leg wearyingMountains, the moonSets out, and so do I. (Ki no ...
Their first floweredHome have they left,These chrysanthemum blooms,And their hues tooHave moved on. (Ki no Tsurayuki)
Alone for you AutumnHas not come,Maidenflowers,So why do you colourSo swiftly, then fade? (Ki no Tsurayuki)
In the summer mountainsFrom the treetop heightsCuckoos'Calls fill the skyAs does my love. (Ki no Tsurayuki)
From cupped handsDroplets cloudThe mountain spring-It's not enough-as from youAm I parted. (Ki no Tsurayuki)
In every yearScarlet leaves flowUpon Tatsuta River;Is its mouth Autumn'sLodging, I wonder? (Ki no Tsurayuki)
In the autumn fieldsBlooming intermingledThe flowers' huesAre a riotOf feeling for me now. (Ki no Tsurayuki)
Buried in Winter,How unexpected it isBetween the treesTo imagine flowersIn the fallen snow. (Ki no Tsurayuki)
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