From the Poetry Match held during the reign of the Tenryaku Emperor.
しのぶれど色にいでにけりわが恋は物や思ふと人のとふまで
| sinoburedo iro ni idenikeri wa ga koFi Fa mono ya omoFu to Fito no toFu made | I kept it secret, yet Passion will reveal itself! So of my love, ‘What is it troubles you so?’ Do folk enquire… |
Taira no Kanemori
From the Poetry Match held in the reign of the Tenryaku Emperor.
恋すてふ我が名はまだき立にけり人知れずこそ思そめしか
| koFisu teFu wa ga na Fa madaki tatinikeri Fito sirezu koso omoFisomesika | Of my love Have rumours swiftly Arisen, though Unknown to all Had my passion’s fire begun to burn… |
Mibu no Tadami
Composed on the conception of unmet love with varying emotions, when he was ordered to produce a hundred poem sequence.
ながらへてかはるこころをみるよりはあふにいのちをかへてましかば
| nagaraFete kaFaru kokoro wo miru yori Fa aFu ni inoti wo kaFetemashi ka ba | To live on and Your inconstant heart See—I’d rather For a meeting my life Exchange… |
The Regent and Minister of the Right
Presented to the Ōmi Concubine.
はかなくもあけにけるかな朝露のおきてののちぞきえまさりける
| hakanaku mo akenikeru kana asatsuyu no okite no nochi zo kiemasarikeru | How swiftly Dawn has broken! The morning dew Arises, then Vanishes so skillfully—as do you! |
A composition by the Engi Emperor [Daigo]
Hidden love, when he composed a Hundred Poem Sequence.
しのぶるに心のひまはなけれどもなほもる物はなみだなりけり
| shinoburu ni kokoro ni hima wa nakeredomo nao moru mono wa namida narikeri | Secretly longing, My heart has cracks Not a one, yet Still leaking out are My tears. |
The Lay Priest and Former Chancellor and Grand Minister
Composed as an autumn poem.
ゆふさればをののあさぢふ玉ちりてこころくだくる風の音かな
| yuFu sareba wono no asadiFu tama tirite kokoro kudakuru kaze no oto kana | When the evening comes All across the cogon-grass plain Scatter gemstones— Heart-tangling is The sound of wind! |
The Regent and Former Minister of the Right
Topic unknown.
あし引の山郭公けふとてやあやめの草のねにたててなく
| asiFiki no yamaFototogisu keFu tote ya ayame no kusa no ne ni tatete naku | Leg wearying, The mountain cuckoo, Knowing today, perhaps, On the sweet-flag Roots does perch and sing. |
A composition by the Engi Emperor [Daigo]
Topic unknown.
あふことはいつとなぎさのはま千どり浪のたちゐにねをのみぞなく
| aFu koto Fa itu to nagisa no Famatidori nami no tachi’wi ni ne wo nomi zo naku | Our meeting— When will it be? On the seashore The plovers on the beach Amid the rising waves Simply let out sobbing cries! |
Middle Counsellor Masasada
After the death of Imperial Princess Shinshi, he had heard that Imperial Princess Sōshi was to move to her former residence, so he went to inspect it, but found everything unchanged; deep in memories of the distant past, he said this to one of the ladies-in-waiting.
ありすがはおなじながれはかはらねどみしやむかしの影ぞわすれぬ
| arisugawa onaji nagare wa kawaranedo mishi ya mukashi no kage zo wasurenu | The Arisu River’s Flow is just the same and All unchanged, yet She who saw it, long ago— Her face never will I forget! |
The Naka-no-in Minister of the Right
Composed on the conception of seeing blossom every morning.
たづねきてたをるさくらの朝露に花のたもとのぬれぬ日ぞなき
| tadunekite taworu sakura no asatuyu ni Fana no tamoto no nurenu Fi zo naki | I pay a visit and Pluck, with my hand, a stem of cherry blossom; The morning dew My springtime sleeves Dampens every single day! |
The Naka-no-in Minister of the Right
