中納言家持
ちゅうなごんやかもち
かささぎの 渡せる橋に おく霜の
白きを見れば 夜ぞふけにける
歌意
天の川にかささぎが架けたという橋に置いた霜が白いのを見ると、夜もずいぶん更けたのだなあと感じる。
English Translation
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.
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.
出典 / Source
Clay MacCauley, Hyakunin-Isshu (Single Songs of a Hundred Poets)
1917年
Yokohama: Kelly and Walsh, Ltd., 1917. Public domain.
