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#1 · p.27 · ENJI-MURASAKI - LIPSTICK-RED LAVENDER

夜の帳にささめき尽きし星の今を下界の人の髪のほつれよ

1 夜の帳に yo no chō ni bedroom curtains

2 ささめき尽きし sasameki tsukishi the lovers' talk ends

3 星の今を hoshi no ima wo now a star

4 下界の人の gekai no hito no one person of this earth

5 髪のほつれよ bin no hotsure yo has stray hairs at the temple

#2 · p.27

歌にきけな誰れ野の花に紅き否むおもむきあるかな春罪もつ子

1 歌にきけな uta ni kike na ask among poems

2 誰れ野の花に dare no no hana ni who denies a bright red

3 紅き否む akaki inamu to field flowers

4 おもむきあるかな omomuki aru kana a girl is also attractive

5 春罪もつ子 haru tsumi motsu ko with her sin of scarlet

#3 · p.28

髪五尺ときなば水にやはらかき少女(おとめ)ごころは秘めて放たじ

1 髪五尺 kami goshaku hair five feet

2 ときなば水に tokinaba mizu ni long loosened in water

3 やはらかき yawarakaki softly sways

4 少女(おとめ)ごころは otome gokoro wa as does a young girl's heart

5 秘めて放たじ himete hanataji unable to free itself

#4 · p.28

血ぞもゆるかさむひと夜の夢のやど春を行く人神おとしめな

1 血ぞもゆる chi zo moyuru blood burning

2 かさむひと夜の kasan hitoyo no will lend to one's night

3 夢のやど yume no yado a lodging for dreams

4 春を行く人 haru wo yuku hito for one passing in spring

5 神おとしめな kami otoshime na the gods will not scorn

#5 · p.29

椿それも梅もさなりき白かりきわが罪問はぬ色桃に見る

1 椿それも tsubaki sore mo pure white camellias

2 梅もさなりき ume mo sanariki the same as ume plums that

3 白かりき shirokariki do not allow my love

4 わが罪問はぬ waga tsumi towanu what never blames my sin

5 色桃に見る iro momo ni miru is only the color of peach

#6 · p.29

その子二十櫛にながるる黒髪のおごりの春のうつくしきかな

1 その子二十 sono ko hatachi the girl is twenty

2 櫛にながるる kushi ni nagaruru her hair is a black stream

3 黒髪の kurokami no running through a comb

4 おごりの春の ogori no haru no in spring even pride

5 うつくしきかな utsukushiki kana is beautiful

#7 · p.30

堂の鐘のひくきゆふべを前髪の桃のつぼみに経たまへきみ

1 堂の鐘の dō no kane no a temple bell

2 ひくきゆふべを hikuki yūbe wo softly rings at evening

3 前髪の maegami no my front hair

4 桃のつぼみに momo no tsubomi ni adorned with a peach bud

5 経たまへきみ kyō tamae kimi dear, chant your sutra for that

#8 · p.30

紫にもみうらにほふみだればこをかくしわづらふ宵の春の神

1 紫に murasaki ni the scent of purple

2 もみうらにほふ momiura niou lingers on the red lining

3 みだればこを midarebako wo in a clothes basket

4 かくしわづらふ kakushi wazurau hiding it is hard

5 宵の春の神 yoi no haru no kami for god in the spring evening

#9 · p.31

臙脂色は誰にかたらむ血のゆらぎ春のおもひのさかりの命

1 臙脂色は enjiiro wa dark red

2 誰にかたらむ dare ni kataran to whom can I tell

3 血のゆらぎ chi no yuragi the flaring blood

4 春のおもひの haru no omoi no in a spring of passion

5 さかりの命 sakari no inochi in the prime of life

#10 · p.31

紫の濃き虹説きしさかづきに映る春の子眉毛かぼそき

1 紫の濃き murasaki no koki deep purple

2 虹説きし niji tokishi he tells of rainbow love

3 さかづきに sakazuki ni over a wine cup

4 映る春の子 utsuru haru no ko reflecting a girl in spring

5 眉毛かぼそき mayuge kabosoki with the thin eyebrows

#11 · p.32

紺青を絹にわが泣く春の暮れやまぶきがさね友歌ねびぬ

1 紺青を konjō wo my weeping

2 絹にわが泣く kinu ni waga naku the lining of cold blue silk

3 春の暮れ haru no kure a spring sunset

4 やまぶきがさね yamabukigasane in a multicolored yellow gown

5 友歌ねびぬ tomo uta nebinu my friend's tanka matures

#12 · p.32

まゐる酒に灯あかき宵を歌たまへ女はらから牡丹に名なき

1 まゐる酒に mairu sake ni wine brings

2 灯あかき宵を hi akaki yoi wo the red light of evening

3 歌たまへ uta tamae a poem

4 女はらから onna harakara for a sisterhood

5 牡丹に名なき botan ni na naki of unknown peonies

#13 · p.33

海棠にえうなくときし紅捨てて夕雨みやる瞳よたゆき

1 海棠に kaidō ni a crab-apple tree

2 えうなくときし yōnaku tokishi with no need for rouge

3 紅捨てて beni sutete cast out

4 夕雨みやる yūsame miyaru looking at the evening rain

5 瞳よたゆき hitomi yo tayuki these eyes are so weary

#14 · p.33

水にねし嵯峨の大堰のひと夜神絽蚊帳の裾の歌ひめたまえ

1 水にねし mizu ni neshi slept by the water

2 嵯峨の大堰の Saga no Ōi no of the Oi River at Saga

3 ひと夜神 hitoyogami a one-night god

4 絽蚊帳の裾の rogaya no suso no in the hem of the netting

5 歌ひめたまえ uta hime tamae please keep our poem secret

#15 · p.34

春の国恋の御国のあさぼらけしるきは髪か梅花のあぶら

1 春の国 haru no kuni spring country

2 恋の御国の koi no mikuni no blessed land of love

3 あさぼらけ asaborake at daybreak

4 しるきは髪か shiruki wa kami ka isn't my hair eye-catching

5 梅花のあぶら baika no abura smelling of plum flowers

#16 · p.34

今はゆかむさらばと云ひし夜の神の御裾さはりてわが髪ぬれぬ

1 今はゆかむ ima wa yukan better go now

2 さらばと云ひし saraba to iishi Good-bye says

3 夜の神の yo no kami no night god

4 御裾さはりて misuso sawarite as I toy with his robe's hem

5 わが髪ぬれぬ waga kami nurenu my hair gets wet

#17 · p.35

細きわがうなじにあまる御手のべてささへたまへな帰る夜の神

1 細きわが hosoki waga the nape of my neck

2 うなじにあまる unaji ni amaru is too small for your hand

3 御手のべて mite nobete held out

4 ささへたまへな sasae tamae na for support and plea

5 帰る夜の神 kaeru yo no kami don't leave night god

#18 · p.35

清水へ祇園をよぎる桜月夜こよひ逢ふ人みなうつくしき

1 清水へ kiyomizu e at Kiyomizu Temple

2 祇園をよぎる Gion wo yogiru going across Gion to see

3 桜月夜 sakura zukiyo moonlit cherry trees

4 こよひ逢ふ人 koyoi ō hito this evening everyone

5 みなうつくしき mina utsukushiki looks beautiful

#19 · p.36

秋の神の御衣より曳く白き虹ものおもふ子の額に消えぬ

1 秋の神の aki no kami no the god of autumn

2 御衣より曳く mikeshi yori hiku trailing from his sacred clothes

3 白き虹 shiroki niji a white rainbow

4 ものおもふ子の mono omou ko no has vanished into the brow

5 額に消えぬ hitai ni kienu of the young woman in love

#20 · p.36

経はにがし春のゆふべを奥の院の二十五菩薩歌うけたまへ

1 経はにがし kyō wa nigashi a sutra is bitter

2 春のゆふべを haru no yūbe wo on a spring evening

3 奥の院の oku-no-in no where 25 saints

4 二十五菩薩 nijū go bosatsu await the paradise bound

5 歌うけたまへ uta uketamae please accept my poem