Year
Translation
By Counselor Fujiwara no Kiyosuke (1104-1177)
If I live long
I may reminisce
Of this time too;
For now I miss that age
When I saw the world with fear
Original Japanese | Pronunciation |
藤原清輔朝臣 | Fujiwara no Kiyosuke Ason |
ながらへば | Nagaraeba |
またこの頃や | Mata konogoro ya |
しのばれむ | Shinobaren |
憂しと見し世ぞ | Ushi to mishi yo zo |
今は恋しき | Ima wa koishiki |
Literal Notes
[Long/though/while/notwithstanding/during/while] when/if
Then/again [recently/this-time]
Recollect/long-for/conceal-oneself/endure shall
Anxiety see world/society/generation
Now miss/yearn-for/love