Composed on the scent of plum blossom at night.
むめがえにかぜやふくらん春の夜はをらぬ袖さへにほひぬるかな
| mume ga e ni kaze ya Fukuran Faru no yo Fa woranu sode saFe nioFinuru kana | Are the plum trees’ branches Being blown by the wind? On a night in springtime Even unfolded sleeves Give forth a scent! |
Nagafusa, Former Assistant Governor General of the Dazaifu
On the conception of falling flowers.
春ごとにおなじ櫻の花なれば惜しむ心もかはらざりけり
| Faru goto ni onazi sakura no Fana nareba oshimu kokoro mo kaFazarikeri |
Each and every spring Just the same the cherry Blossoms, So, too, my feelings of regret, Are unchanging. |
The Mother of Lord Nagazane
In reply:
朝戸あけて春の木末の雪みれば初花ともやいふべかるらん
| asato akete Faru no kozuwe no yuki mireba FatuFana tomo ya iFubekaruran |
On opening my morning door, and In springtime on the treetops Snow seeing, ‘First flowers’, perhaps I should call it… |
Master of the Crown Prince’s Household Office [Fujiwara no] Kinzane (1053-1107)
Sent around the First Day of the First Month, when snow was falling:
あらたまの年のはじめに降りしけば初雪とこそいふべからりけれ
| aratama no tosi no Fadime ni Furisikeba Fatuyuki to koso iFubekarikere | When at the jewel-bright, new Year’s beginning It falls so heavily, ‘First snow’, I should call it. |
Master of the Office of Palace Repairs [Fujiwara no] Akisue (1055-1123)
When people were offering poems in the Empress’ palace, he composed this on a warbler in the rain.
春雨は降りしむれども鶯の聲はしほれぬ物にぞありける
| Faruzame Fa Furisimuredomo uguFisu no kowe Fa siForenu mono ni zo arikeru |
Spring rain Falling seeps through all, yet The warbler’s Voice undampened Is. |
Minamoto no Toshiyori
源俊頼
Produced on the conception of the beginning of spring, when hundred poem sequences were ordered to commemorate the reign of former Emperor Horikawa.
春たちて木末にきえぬ白雪はまだきに咲ける花かとぞ見る
| Faru tatite kozue ni kienu sira yuki Fa madaki ni sakeru Fana ka to zo miru | Spring has risen and On the treetops still remains Snow-white- Early blooming Flowers appear to be. |
Master of the Crown Prince’s Household [Fujiwara no] Kinzane
Composed on the conception of the beginning of spring, when hundred poem sequences were ordered to commemorate the reign of former Emperor Horikawa.
うちなびき春はきにけり山河の岩閒の氷けふやとくらむ
| utinabiki Faru Fa kinkeri yama kaFa no iFama no koFori keFu ya tokuramu | Trailing in, Spring has come; In the mountain streams Between the rocks the ice May melt today, I think. |
Master of the Palace Repairs Office [Fujiwara no] Akisue