Tangled Hair 髪

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#41 · p.47
くれなゐの薔薇のかさねの唇に霊の香のなき歌のせますな
1 くれなゐの kurenai no the red
2 薔薇のかさねの bara no kasane no of the rose layered
3 唇に kuchibiru ni on my lips
4 霊の香のなき rei no ka no naki give me a poem
5 歌のせますな uta nosemasuna with soul fragrance
#42 · p.47
旅のやど水に端居の僧の君をいみじと泣きぬ夏の夜の月
1 旅のやど tabi no yado the travelers' inn
2 水に端居の mizu ni hashii no cooling off by the water
3 僧の君を sō no kimi wo you a priest
4 いみじと泣きぬ imiji to nakinu so cruel the moon weeps
5 夏の夜の月 natsu no yo no tsuki on a summer night
#43 · p.48
春の夜の闇の中くるあまき風しばしかの子が髪に吹かされ
1 春の夜の haru no yo no at night in spring
2 闇の中くる yami no naka kuru coming through the darkness
3 あまき風 amaki kaze a sweet breeze
4 しばしかの子が shibashi kano ko ga don't blow for a while
5 髪に吹かされ kami ni fukazare this hair of a girl
#44 · p.48
水に飢ゑて森をさまよふ子羊のそのまなざしに似たらずや君
1 水に飢ゑて mizu ni uete so thirsty
2 森をさまよふ mori wo samayou wandering in the forest
3 子羊の kohitsuji no a lamb
4 そのまなざしに sono manazashi ni its eyes resemble yours
5 似たらずや君 nitarazuya kimi don't they
#45 · p.49
誰ぞ夕ひがし生駒の山の上のまよひの雲にこの子うらなへ
1 誰ぞ夕 dare zo yūbe who on this evening
2 ひがし生駒の higashi Ikoma no looking east to Mt. Ikoma
3 山の上の yama no ue no above the peak
4 まよひの雲に mayoi no kumo ni could tell fortunes with
5 この子うらなへ kono ko uranae a stray cloud for me
#46 · p.49
悔いますなおさへし袖に折れし剣つひの理想の花に刺あらじ
1 悔いますな kuimasuna do not regret
2 おさへし袖に osaeshi sode ni the sleeve stopped
3 折れし剣 oreshi tsurugi and broke the sword
4 つひの理想の tsui no omoi no our ultimate ideal is
5 花に刺あらじ hana ni toge araji a flower without thorns
#47 · p.50
額ごしに暁の月みる賀茂川の浅水色のみだれ藻染よ
1 額ごしに nuka goshi ni over my brow
2 暁の月みる ake no tsuki miru is the moon at daybreak
3 賀茂川の Kamogawa no in Kamo River
4 浅水色の asamizuiro no the cloth is dyed light blue
5 みだれ藻染よ midare mozome yo with tangled waterweed
#48 · p.50
御袖くくりかへりますかの薄闇の欄干夏の賀茂川の神
1 御袖くくり misode kukuri in summer twilight
2 かへりますかの kaeri masuka no tucking up his sleeves
3 薄闇の usuyami no shall we go
4 欄干夏の rankan natsu no said the god of Kamo River
5 賀茂川の神 Kamogawa no kami at the railing of a bridge
#49 · p.51
なほ許せ御国遠くば夜の御神紅盃船に送りまゐらせむ
1 なほ許せ nao yuruse pardon me and
2 御国遠くば mikuni tōkuba if your sacred land is far
3 夜の御神 yo no mikami god of night
4 紅盃船に benisarafune ni I will offer as send-off
5 送りまゐらせむ okuri mairasen a boat as a red wine cup
#50 · p.51
狂ひの子我に焔の翅かろき百三十里あわただしの旅
1 狂ひの子 kurui no ko a child of madness
2 我に焔の ware ni honō no my feathers of flame
3 翅かろき hane karoki are light to fly
4 百三十里 hyaku sanjū ri a hundred thirty leagues
5 あわただしの旅 awatadashi no tabi a journey of haste