Composed in the conception of secret love for a hundred poem sequence when the Chancellor was Minister of the Right.
あさましやおさふる袖のしたくぐる涙のすゑを人や見つらん
asamasi ya
osaFuru sode no
sitakuguru
namida no suwe wo
Fito ya mituran |
How surprising!
My wave-dashed sleeves:
Below them dive
All of my tears, but
Will she see them, I wonder… |
Former Provisional Master of the Right Capital Office Yorimasa
前右京権大夫頼政
Composed in the conception of Love at the poetry competition held at the house of Lord Saneyuki.
恋わびておさふる袖や流れいづる涙の川の堰なるらむ
koFi wabite
osaFuru sode ya
nagare’iduru
namida no kaFa no
iseki naruramu |
Grieving for love,
Are my wave-dashed sleeves
For this outflowing
River of tears
A dam, perhaps? |
Fujiwara no Michitsune (1060?-?)
藤原道経
Topic unknown.
限りぞと思ふにつきぬ涙かなおさふる袖も朽ちぬばかりに
kagiri zo to
omoFu ni tukinu
namida kana
osaFuru sode mo
kutinu bakari ni |
That we are done
I think,and so
My tears
Dash upon my sleeves
Leaving them ever rotten! |
Sakari no shōjō
盛少将
病葉の風のづてにも知らせばや思ひを須磨の暁の夢
wakuraba no
kaze no zute ni mo
shiraseba ya
omoi o suma no
akatsuki no yume |
Fresh leaves
Whispered by the wind
Do, perhaps, reveal
My love, at Suma
In a dream at dawn. |
Fujiwara no Yoshitsune
人知れぬ思ひをすれば秋萩の下葉こがるるものにぞありける
Fito sirenu
omoFi o sureba
aki Fagi no
sitaba kogaruru
mono ni zo arikeru |
Unknown to all
Are the fires of my love, but
The autumn bush-clover’s
Under-leaves are scorched
By something! |
Minamoto no Sane’akira (910-970)
源信明
狩衣心のうちにほさなくになどか乱れて物思ひをする
karikoromo
kokoro no uti ni
Fosanaku ni
nado ka midarete
mono’omoFi o suru |
In hunting garb
Within my heart
Will never dry, so
Why in such confused
Thoughts am I? |
Ki no Tsurayuki
This poem is also: Tsurayuki-shū 675
A poem expressing feelings in metaphor.
見わたしの三室の山の巌菅ねもころ我れは片思ぞする
miwatashi no
mimuro no yama no
ipapo suge
nemokoro ware pa
kata’omopi zo suru |
As I gaze
Upon Mimuro Mountain’s
Hardy grasses on the crags
How fondly do my
Thoughts dwell on you. |
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Collection
足柄の山の紅葉葉散るなへに清見が関は秋風そぞ吹く
ashigara no
yama no momijiba
chiru nae ni
kiyomi ga seki wa
akikaze zo fuku |
At Ashigara,
The mountain is all scarlet leaves:
Just when they fall, at
The barrier of Kiyomi
Blows the autumn wind. |
Minamoto no Moroyori (1068-1139)
源師頼
Composed when he held a poetry competition at his house.
よもすがら富士の高嶺に雲きえて清見が関にすめる月かな
yomosugara
Fudi no takane ni
kumo kiete
kiyomi ga seki ni
sumeru tuki kana |
All through this night
From the mighty peak of Fuji
Have the clouds cleared, and
Above the barrier of Kiyomi
Brightly shines the moon. |
Akisuke, Master of the Left Capital Office
左京大夫顕輔
雲のゐる富士の鳴澤風越して清見が関に錦織かく
kumo no iru
fuji no narusawa
kaze koshite
kiyomi ga seki ni
nishiki orikaku |
Clouds lie
On Narusawa by Fuji:
The wind passing
The barrier at Kiyomi
Weaves a fine brocade. |
Minamoto no Shunrai
'Simply moving and elegant'