When he was together with the Cloistered Emperor [Uda], gazing the Yoshino waterfall. 何時の間に降り積もるらんみ吉野の山の峡より崩れ落つる雪 itu no ma niFuritumoruranmiyosino noyama no kaFi yorikudure’oturu yuki How swiftlyIt does seem to fallFrom fair Yoshino’s Mountain passes:The snow comes a’tumbling down. Minamoto no Noboru
A poem composed by the deceased Emperor on the occasion of a visit to the Yoshino Palace. 見吉野乃 山下風之 寒久尓 為當也今夜毛 我獨宿牟 み吉野の山のあらしの寒けくにはたや今夜も我が独り寝む miyosino noyama no arasi nosamukeku nipata ya koyopi mowa ga pitori nemu Though in fair YoshinoThe storm-winds off the mountainsFeel so chill,Yet again tonightWill I sleep alone? Emperor Monmu (683-707; r. 697-707)文武
After a man who was of a mind to become a monk had travelled to Yamato province and been there for some time, when a lady whom he had known before sent to him, enquiring how the cherry blossoms had been blooming lately. みよし野の吉野の山の桜花白雲とのみ見えまがひつゝ miyosino no yosino no yama no sakurabana sirakumo to nomi miemagaFitutu … Continue reading GSS III: 117
Long ago, a man went wandering in the province of Musashi. And, in that province lived a certain lady. Her father thought to match her with a common man, but for her mother, only a man of the highest rank would do. Her father was a man of low rank, but her mother was of … Continue reading Ise Monogatari, Chapter 10
When he was asked to compose a thousand-poem sequence by someone, he composed this as a poem on blossom. み吉野の花の盛をけふ見ればこしの白根に春風ぞ吹く miyosino no Fana no sakari wo keFu mireba kosi no sirane ni Faru kaze zo Fuku In fair Yoshino The blossoms’ bounty I see today, so In Koshi on Shirane peak The spring breezes will … Continue reading SZS I: 76