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
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)
Produced on the conception of the first day of the year, when hundred poem sequences were ordered to commemorate the reign of former Emperor Horikawa.
うちなびきはるはきにけりやまがはのいはまの氷けふやとくらん
| utinabiki Faru Fa kinkeri yama kaFa no iFama no koFori keFu ya tokuran | 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