For the Hundred Poem Sequences Commemorating the Reign of Former Emperor Horikawa.
やまぢにてそほちにけりな白露のあかつきおきの木木のしづくに
| yamaji nite sōchinikeri na shiratsuyu no akatsuki oki no kigi no shizuku ni | On a mountain path How damp have I become! Silver dewdrops Fall with the dawn In droplets from the trees… |
Supernumerary Middle Counsellor Kunizane
Round Eight
Left
神なびのみむろの山のくずかづらうら吹きかへすあきは来にけり
| kami nabi no mimuro no yama no kuzukazura urafukikaesu aki wa kinikeri | On the gods’ own Mountain The vine leaves Are blown underside-up: Autumn is here, indeed. |
15[i]
Right
なにごとをまつとはなしにあけくれてことしもけふに成りにけるかな
| nani goto o matsu to wa nashi ni akekurete kotoshi mo kyō ni narinikeru kana | What have I To wait for? Nothing! So I have passed the days and nights This year and now today Has arrived! |
16[ii]
[i] SKKS IV: 285: Topic unknown.
[ii] KYS IV: 304/323: Composed on the conception of the very end of the year.
Composed on the conception of the very end of the year.
なにごとをまつとはなしにあけくれてことしもけふに成りにけるかな
| nani goto wo matu to Fa nasi ni akekurete kotosi mo keFu ni narinikeru kana | What have I To wait for? Nothing! So I have passed the days and nights This year and now today Has arrived! |
Middle Counsellor Kunizane
Round Seven
真木もくのひばらもいまだくもらぬにこまつがはらにあは雪ぞふる
| makimoku no hibara mo imada kumoranu ni komatsu ga hara ni awayuki zo furu | In Makimoku The cypress groves are as yet Unclouded, while Upon the dwarf-pine groves Snow spume is falling! |
Middle Counsellor Yakamochi
13[i]
Right
春日のの下もえわたる草のうへにつれなくみゆる春のあはゆき
| kasugano no shitamoewataru kusa no ue ni tsurenaku miyuru haru no awayuki | On the plain at Kasuga Sprouting freshly everywhere are Grasses, but atop them Heartlessly, I see The foamy snow of spring! |
Middle Counsellor Kunizane
14[ii]
[i] A variant of this poem occurs in Man’yōshū (X: 2318/2314). A minor variant on this poem is also included in Kokin rokujō (I: 754). A further variant appears in Shinkokinshū (I: 20).
[ii] SKKS I: 10: Composed on the conception of lingering snow, for the Hundred Poem Sequences Commemorating the Reign of Former Emperor Horikawa.
Topic unknown.
まきもくのひばらのいまだくもらねば小松が原にあは雪ぞふる
| makimoku no hibara mo imada kumoraneba komatsu ga hara ni awayuki zo furu | In Makimoku The cypress groves are as yet Unclouded, but Upon the dwarf-pine groves Snow spume is falling! |
Middle Counsellor Yakamochi
Round Six
Left
和歌のうらにしほみちくれば潟をなみあしべをさしてたづなきわたる
| waka no ura ni shio michikureba kata o nami ashibe o sashite tazu nakiwataru | Off the beach at Waka With the rising tide The sandbanks vanish and Plunging to the reedbeds The cranes fly over, calling. |
11[i]
Right
わたのはらこぎいでてみれば久方の雲井にまがふおきつしらなみ
| wata no hara kogi’idedete mireba hisakata no kumoi ni magau oki tsu shiranami | When across the wide seascape On rowing out I turn my gaze The eternal Clouds are tangled with The whitecaps in the offing.[ii] |
12[iii]
[i] MYS VI: 924/919
[ii] An allusive variation on Omuro gojisshu 601.
[iii] SKS X: 382/380: Composed by command on the topic of a distant view across the sea when His Majesty [Emperor Sutoku] was newly retired as emperor.
Composed by command on the topic of a distant view across the sea when His Majesty [Emperor Sutoku] was newly retired as emperor.
わたのはらこぎいでてみれば久方の雲井にまがふおきつしらなみ
| wata no Fara kogi’idedete mireba Fisakata no kumowi ni magaFu oki tu siranami | When across the wide seascape On rowing out I turn my gaze The eternal Clouds are tangled with The whitecaps in the offing.[i] |
The Former Chancellor and Palace Minister
[i] An allusive variation on Omuro gojisshu 601.