紀貫之
きのつらゆき
人はいさ 心も知らず ふるさとは
花ぞ昔の 香ににほひける
歌意
人の心はどうかわかりませんが、慣れ親しんだこの里では、梅の花だけが昔と変わらない香りで咲いていますよ。
English Translation
No! no! As for man,
How his heart is none can tell,
But the plum's sweet flower
In my birthplace, as of yore,
Still emits the same perfume.
How his heart is none can tell,
But the plum's sweet flower
In my birthplace, as of yore,
Still emits the same perfume.
出典 / Source
Clay MacCauley, Hyakunin-Isshu (Single Songs of a Hundred Poets)
1917年
Yokohama: Kelly and Walsh, Ltd., 1917. Public domain.
