Zenshōji全昌寺
1Sora goes on ahead
曾良は腹をいたみていせの國長島といふ所に先立て行くに 行〳〵て倒れふすとも萩の原曾良
Sora, being ill in the stomach, went on ahead to a place called Nagashima in the province of Ise.
On and on I go — / and if I fall and lie down, let it be a plain of bush clover — Sora
2From today I will rub out the writing
とかき置たり行くものゝ悲しみ殘る者のうらみ隻鳧のわかれて雲にまよふがごとし予も又 けふよりや書付けさん笠の露
So he wrote and left it behind. The sorrow of the one who goes and the regret of the one who stays are like a pair of wild ducks parted and lost among the clouds. I too —
From today on / I will rub out the writing — the dew on my hat
3Zenshōji — one night apart is the same as a thousand ri
大聖持の城外今昌寺といふ寺に泊る猶加賀の地也曾良も前の夜このてらにとまりて 終夜秋風きくやうらの山
I lodged at a temple called Zenshōji outside the castle of Daishōji. It is still the land of Kaga. Sora too had stayed at this temple the night before —
All night long / do I hear the autumn wind in the hills behind?
Interlinear notes 2
寺ノ誤ナリ
The 「持」 of 「大聖持」 is an error for 「寺」.
全ノ誤ナリ
The 「今」 of 「今昌寺」 is an error for 「全」.
4The sound of the sutras at dawn
と殘す一夜のへたて千里に同じわれも秋風を聞つゝ衆寮に臥せは明ほのゝ空近う讀經聲すむまゝに鐘板鳴て食堂に入る
So he left it. One night apart is the same as a thousand ri. I too lay in the priests' hall listening to the autumn wind, and as the sky of daybreak drew near and the voices reading the sutras grew clear, the bell and the board sounded and I went into the refectory.
Interlinear notes 1
一本讀經のトアリ
Another text has 「讀經の」.
5Sweeping the garden before setting out
けふは越前國へと心早卒にして堂下に下るを若き僧ども紙硯をかゝへ階の下まで追來る折ふし庭中の柳ちれば 庭箒て出るや寺にちる柳
Today I would go to the province of Echizen, and being in haste I went down below the hall. Young monks came after me with paper and inkstone as far as the foot of the stairs. Just then the willow in the garden was shedding its leaves, and so —
I will sweep the garden / and then set out — willow leaves falling at the temple