Composed on irises as part of a hundred poem sequence.
あづまぢのかほやがぬまのかきつばたはるをこめてもさきにけるかな
azumadi no
kaoya ga numa no
kakitubata
Faru wo komete mo
sakinikeru kana | On the Eastern Road, at
Kaoya Marsh,
Irises
Encompassing all of springtime
Have bloomed! |
Master of the Palace Repairs Office Akisue
修理大夫顕季
The first time he spoke with Kamo no Narisuke, he took a shallow wine-cup and composed:
ききわたるみたらしがはの水きよみそこのこころをけふぞみるべき
kikiwataru
mitarashigawa no
mizu kiyomi
soko no kokoro o
kyō zo mirubeki | Listening,
The River Mitarashi’s
Waters are so pure
That to the bottom of my heart
I can see today. |
Kunimoto, the Governor of Tsu
'Simply moving and elegant'