Sent to the place where a lady, who was going somewhere far away, was preparing for departure.
思ひやる心ばかりはさはらじを何へだつらん峰の白雲
| omoFiyaru kokoro bakari Fa saFaradi o nani Fedaturan mine no sirakumo | The longing for you In my heart alone Should be no hindrance, but Why do you seem distant as The white clouds round the peaks? |
Tachibana no Naomoto
橘直幹
She had seen the return of the Cloistered Emperor, and when much later she did not seem to be weakening, she simply remained in her residence and sent this to him.
逢ふ事の年ぎりしぬるなげきには身のかずならぬ物にぞ有りける
| au koto no toshigiri shinuru nageki ni wa mi no kazu naranu mono ni zo arikeru | A meeting with you Has been absent this year— The griefs of that Weigh on me, countless In number! |
Lady Sekai
In the spring of the year following that in which the Sanjō Minister of the Right had passed away, on hearing that the Minister had summoned her, she sent this to the Prince who was father to the Ise Virgin.
いかでかの年ぎりもせぬたねもがなあれたるやどにうゑて見るべく
| ikade ka no tosigiri mo senu tane mogana aretaru yado ni uwete mirubeku | Why is it that Absent this year are not These seeds! At a ruined dwelling Planted, could they be seen… |
His Daughter, the Junior Consort
When Ki no Tomonori had not yet been bestowed with any official position, in connection with this when he was asked how old he was and replied that he was forty.
今までになどかは花のさかずしてよそとせあまり年ぎりはする
| ima made ni nado ka Fa Fana no sakazusite yoso tose amari tosigiri Fa suru | Up to this moment Why is it that blossoms Have yet to bloom? After as much as forty years Absent a year they are… |
The Posthumous Chancellor
Composed on the conception of love as a year passes when people were at the residence of the Regent and former Minister of the Left.
われがみはとがへるたかとなりにけりとしはふれどもこゐはわすれず
| ware ga mi Fa togaFeru taka to narinikeri tosi Fa Furedomo kowi Fa wasurezu | My flesh as A hawk returning to its mews Has become; A year has passed, yet This love I will not forget. |
The Minister of the Left [Minamoto no Toshifusa]
When he had not come to call for a very long time, she said this on a morning when a little snow had fallen, around the Tenth Month.
身をつめばあはれとぞ思ふはつ雪のふりぬることもたれにいはまし
| mi o tumeba aFare to zo omoFu Fatuyuki no Furinuru koto mo tare ni iFamashi | When I pinch myself, I realise how pitiful I am: Even the first snow’s Fall— Who is there that I would tell? |
Ukon