Thomas McAuley

秋くればおもひみだるるかるかやのした葉や人の心なるらん When the autumn comes So confused are my thoughts— As the tangled tufts of grass Below are folk’s Feelings, I wonder? #waka #tanka #poem #wakapoem #Japan #autumn #和歌 #秋 #秋歌 wakapoetry.net/szs-iv-242/

まめなれどなにぞはよけくかるかやのみだれてあれどあしけくもなし A serious man am I, Yet what is for the best? Being as reaped thatch, Tangled in confusion Is not that bad, at all. #waka #tanka #poem #wakapoem #Japan #和歌 wakapoetry.net/kks-xix-1052/

こころにはひとつみのりとおもへどもむしはこゑごゑきこゆなるかな In my heart One sacred truth I hold, yet from The insects song upon song I hear! #wakapoem #wakapoetry #poem #Japan #和歌 wakapoetry.net/mandaishu-viii…

もろこしのよしのの山にこもるともおくれむと思ふ我ならなくに Even in Cathay’s Yoshino Mountains Should you be trapped, Thinking to abandon you— No, that is not I… #wakapoem #wakapoetry #poem #Japan #和歌 wakapoetry.net/kks-xix-1049/

いせのうみのあまのつりなは打ちはへてくるしとのみや思ひ渡らむ Upon the sea at Ise Fisher-folk their lines Play out Endlessly in pain Shall my thoughts upon you dwell? #wakapoem #wakapoetry #poem #love #Japan #lovepoem #和歌 #恋 #恋歌 wakapoetry.net/kks-xi-510/

誰により世をうみやまに行きめぐり絶えぬ涙にうきしづむ身ぞ For whose sake did I The mountains and the sorry seas Traverse In endless tears Sunk in grief? Genji monogatari 253 #wakapoem #wakapoetry #poem #Japan #和歌 wakapoetry.net/genji-monogata…

つくばねのしげきの木のまかげはあれど秋にはかはる夏の夜の月 On the peak of Tsukuba Between the trees so lush Shadows fall, yet In autumn ‘twill be different— The moon this summer night. #waka #tanka #poem #wakapoem #Japan #summer #和歌 #夏　#夏歌 wakapoetry.net/shikin-wakashu…

Love and Fireflies #wakapoem #wakapoetry #poem #love #Japan #fireflies #lovepoem #和歌 #恋 #恋歌 #夏虫 #aiart instagram.com/p/C94pgEpJaKh/…

Love and Fireflies #wakapoem #wakapoetry #poem #love #Japan #fireflies #lovepoem #和歌 #恋 #恋歌 #夏虫 #aiart instagram.com/p/C94peHIN2F8/…

Mountain cherries #waka #tanka #poem #wakapoem #Japan #spring #springpoem #和歌 #春 #春歌 #aiart instagram.com/p/C92fwwPqWnc/…

Mountain cherries #waka #tanka #poem #wakapoem #Japan #spring #springpoem #和歌 #春 #春歌 #aiart instagram.com/p/C92fcISqoP_/…

Mountain cherries #waka #tanka #poem #wakapoem #Japan #spring #springpoem #和歌 #春 #春歌 #aiart instagram.com/p/C9z5jmoKixD/…

Mountain cherries #waka #tanka #poem #wakapoem #Japan #spring #springpoem #和歌 #春 #春歌 #aiart instagram.com/p/C9z5LDTKkXr/…

おもひわびさてもいのちはあるものをうきにたへぬは涙なりけり Burning with the pain of love, At least life is Something that I have, but Unable to endure her cruelty Are my tears. #wakapoem #wakapoetry #poem #love #Japan #lovepoem #和歌 #恋 #恋歌　 wakapoetry.net/szs-xiii-818/

心にもあらでうき世にながらへば恋しかるべき夜はの月かな My heart Is not in it, but in this sorry world Should I stay on, then Surely will I love Tonight’s midnight moon! #waka #tanka #poem #wakapoem #Japan #miscellaneouspoem #和歌 #雑歌 wakapoetry.net/gsis-xv-860/

目に近く移ればかはる世の中を行くすゑとほくたのみけるかな Within my sight Revealed, but changing Is this mundane world that Into the distant future I had placed my trust! Genji monogatari 463 wakapoetry.net/genji-monogata…

うらみわびまたじ今はの身なれども思ひなれにし夕暮の空 Suffering in despair, Now wait no more Will I, yet, All those old, familiar feelings arrive With the evening skies. #wakapoem #wakapoetry #poem #love #Japan #lovepoem #和歌 #恋 #恋歌 wakapoetry.net/skks-xiv-1302/

あきの夜はころもさむしろかさねても月のひかりに敷くものぞなき On an autumn night Even with a robe and chilly blanket both Piled on, The moon’s light Spreading, is entirely matchless. #waka #tanka #poem #wakapoem #Japan #autumn #和歌 #秋 #秋歌 wakapoetry.net/skks-v-489/

見せばやなをじまのあまの袖だにもぬれにぞぬれし色はかはらず O, how I would show you that On Ojima Isle, the fisherfolks’ Sleeves Soaked though they may be Have unchanged hues, but… #wakapoem #wakapoetry #poem #love #Japan #lovepoem #和歌 #恋 #恋歌 wakapoetry.net/szs-xiv-886/

人もをし人もうらめしあぢきなく世を思ふゆゑにものおもふ身は Some folk I hold dear, and Some folk I despise, Pointlessly Brooding on this world Sunk in gloomy thought. #waka #tanka #poem #wakapoem #Japan #miscellaneouspoem #和歌 #雑歌 wakapoetry.net/shgss-xvii-120…