1. |
The Monk Sosei
01:36
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English meaning:
Just because she said,
"In a moment I will come,"
I've awaited her
Until the moon of daybreak,
In the long month, has appeared.
Japanese:
今来むと
いひしばかりに
長月の
有明の月を
待ち出でつるかな
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2. |
Taira no Kanemori
02:56
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English meaning:
Though I would hide it,
In my face it still appears--
My fond, secret love.
And now he questions me:
"Is something bothering you?"
Japanese:
忍ぶれど
色に出でにけり
わが恋は
物や思ふと
人の問ふまで
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3. |
Sarumaru
03:12
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English meaning:
In the mountain depths,
Treading through the crimson leaves,
The wandering stag calls.
When I hear the lonely cry,
Sad--how sad!--the autumn is.
Japanese:
奥山に
紅葉ふみわけ
鳴く鹿の
声きく時ぞ
秋は悲しき
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4. |
Semimaru
02:36
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English meaning:
Truly, this is where
Travelers who go or come
Over parting ways--
Friends or strangers--all must meet:
The gate of "Meeting Hill."
Japanese:
これやこの
行くも帰るも
別れては
知るも知らぬも
逢坂の関
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5. |
Ono no Takamura
03:08
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English meaning:
Over the wide sea
Towards its many distant isles
My ship sets sail.
Will the fishing boats thronged here
Proclaim my journey to the world?
Japanese:
わたの原
八十島かけて
こぎ出ぬと
人には告げよ
あまのつり舟
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6. |
Otomo no Yakamochi
02:00
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English meaning:
If I see that bridge
That is spanned by flights of magpies
Across the arc of heaven
Made white with a deep-laid frost,
Then the night is almost past.
Japanese:
かささぎの
渡せる橋に
置く霜の
白きを見れば
夜ぞふけにける
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7. |
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
01:53
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English meaning:
Oh, the foot-drawn trail
Of the mountain-pheasant's tail
Drooped like down-curved branch!
Through this long, long-dragging night
Must I lie in bed alone?
Japanese:
あしびきの
山鳥の尾の
しだり尾の
ながながし夜を
ひとりかもねむ
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8. |
Emperor Koko
03:46
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English meaning:
It is for your sake
That I walk the fields in spring,
Gathering green herbs,
While my garment's hanging sleeves
Are speckled with falling snow.
Japanese:
君がため
春の野に出でて
若菜つむ
わが衣手に
雪はふりつつ
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9. |
Abe no Nakamaro
03:13
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English meaning:
When I look up at
The wide-stretched plain of heaven,
Is the moon the same
That rose on Mount Mikasa
In the land of Kasuga?
Japanese:
天の原
ふりさけ見れば
春日なる
三笠の山に
出でし月かも
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MOMOFUGU Japan
ニュージーランド出身のモモフグです。２０年間日本で活躍しています。
Hi! I'm Momofugu!
Making music in Japan for 20 years!
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