Ogura Hyakunin Isshu Poems

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by Hyakunin Isshu, Ogura

When I look abroad
O'er the wide-stretched "Plain of Heaven,"
Is the moon the same
That on Mount Mikasa rose,
In the land of Kasuga?...Read more of this...

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by Hyakunin Isshu, Ogura

If the "Magpie Bridge"--
Bridge by flight of magpies spanned,--
White with frost I see:--
With a deep-laid frost made white:--
Late, I know, has grown the night....Read more of this...

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by Hyakunin Isshu, Ogura

Though we parted be;
If on Mount Inaba's peak
I should hear the sound
Of the pine trees growing there,
Back at once I'll make my way....Read more of this...

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by Hyakunin Isshu, Ogura

Spring, it seems, has passed,
And the summer come again;
For the silk-white robes,
So 'tis said, are spread to dry
On the "Mount of Heaven's Perfume."...Read more of this...

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by Hyakunin Isshu, Ogura

Ah! the foot-drawn trail
Of the mountain-pheasant's tail
Drooped like down-curved branch!--
Through this long, long-dragging night
Must I keep my couch alone?...Read more of this...

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by Hyakunin Isshu, Ogura

Michinoku print
Of shinobu's tangled leaves!
For whose sake have I,
Like confused, begun to be?
Only yours! I can not change!
...Read more of this...

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by Hyakunin Isshu, Ogura

Lowly hut is mine
South-east from the capital:--
Thus I choose to dwell;--
And the world in which I live
Men have named a "Mount of Gloom."...Read more of this...

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by Hyakunin Isshu, Ogura

It is for thy sake
That I seek the fields in spring,
Gathering green herbs,
While my garment's hanging sleeves
Are with falling snow beflecked....Read more of this...

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by Hyakunin Isshu, Ogura

Color of the flower
Has already passed away
While on trivial things
Vainly I have set my gaze,
In my journey through the world....Read more of this...

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by Hyakunin Isshu, Ogura

O'er the wide, wide sea,
Towards its many distant isles,
Rowing I set forth.
This, to all the world proclaim,
O ye boats of fisher-folk!...Read more of this...

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by Hyakunin Isshu, Ogura

In the mountain depths,
Treading through the crimson leaves,
Cries the wandering stag.
When I hear the lonely cry,
Sad,--how sad--the autumn is!...Read more of this...

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by Hyakunin Isshu, Ogura

Truly, this is where
Travelers who go or come
Over parting ways,--
Friends or strangers,--all must meet;
'Tis the gate of "Meeting Hill."
...Read more of this...

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by Hyakunin Isshu, Ogura

O ye Winds of Heaven!
In the paths among the clouds
Blow, and close the ways,
That we may these virgin forms
Yet a little while detain....Read more of this...

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by Hyakunin Isshu, Ogura

Tenchi Tenno

Coarse the rush-mat roof
Sheltering the harvest-hut
Of the autumn rice-field;--
And my sleeves are growing wet
With the moisture dripping through....Read more of this...

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by Hyakunin Isshu, Ogura

When to Tago's coast
I the way have gone, and see
Perfect whiteness laid
On Mount Fuji's lofty peak
By the drift of falling snow....Read more of this...

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by Hyakunin Isshu, Ogura

From Tsukuba's peak,
Falling waters have become
Mina's still, full flow:
So my love has grown to be;
Like the river's quiet deeps. ...Read more of this...

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