清少納言
せいしょうなごん
夜をこめて 鳥のそらねは はかるとも
よに逢坂の 関はゆるさじ
歌意
夜が明けないうちに鶏の鳴き真似をして騙そうとしても、この逢坂の関は決して通しませんよ(私は騙されませんよ)。
English Translation
Though in middle night,
By the feigned crow of the cock,
Some may be deceived;--
Yet, at Ausaka's gate
This can never be achieved.
By the feigned crow of the cock,
Some may be deceived;--
Yet, at Ausaka's gate
This can never be achieved.
出典 / Source
Clay MacCauley, Hyakunin-Isshu (Single Songs of a Hundred Poets)
1917年
Yokohama: Kelly and Walsh, Ltd., 1917. Public domain.