When he had gone to the province of Michinoku as its governor, he saw a withered pine tree at Takekuma, and had a sapling planted to replace it; after finishing his posting, he returned to the same province later, and saw the pine he had planted once more.
栽し時契やし剣武隈の松をふたたび逢ひ見つる哉
uesi toki When I planted you
Fujiwara no Motoyoshi
Lacking a Glimpse of Love Letters 不見書恋
ふみつくる跡も見えねば浜千鳥たちゐるそらもかひなかりけり
fumi tsukuru Of letter writing, too,
Daishin
Lacking a Glimpse of Love Letters 不見書恋
あふことのとだえがちにもなりゆくかふみだにかよへまののつぎはし
au koto no Will our meetings
Higo
Lacking a Glimpse of Love Letters 不見書恋
わぎもこがあふみなりせばさりと我ふみもみてましとどろきのはし
wagimoko ga If my darling
Kanemasa
Lacking a Glimpse of Love Letters 不見書恋
いかがせむさののふなばしさのみやはふみだにみじと人のいふべき
ikaga semu O, what am I to do
Tadafusa
Lacking a Glimpse of Love Letters 不見書恋
いさや又ふみもみられずともすればとだえのはしのうしろめたさを
isa ya mata So, still
Toshiyori
Lacking a Glimpse of Love Letters 不見書恋
かづらきやくめの岩ばしふみみねどわたりがたしと空にしりつつ
kazuragi ya At Kazuragi stands
Nakazane
Lacking a Glimpse of Love Letters 不見書恋
おぼつかなきそぢのはしは年ふれどかけてぞ我はふみみざりける
obotsukana How strange it is!
Akinaka
Love Separated by Distant Roads 隔遠路恋
おもひあまりゆけばはるけき玉ぼこの道のそらにもまどふ比かな
omoiamari Love-driven to desperation,
Daishin
Love Separated by Distant Roads 隔遠路恋
我がこひは心づくしのみちとほみゆきめぐりてもいつかあふべき
wa ga koi wa My love does
Higo
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