Composed in the conception of Love at the Poetry Competition at Lord [Fujiwara no] Saneyuki’s house.
いつとなく戀にこがるるわが身より立つや淺閒の煙なるらん
| itu to naku koFi ni kogaruru wa ga mi yori tatu ya asama no keburi naruran |
There is no end To my yearning flames of love From my breast Rising as does Asama’s Smoke, I feel. |
Minamoto no Toshiyori
源俊頼
When he went down to Michinoku Province, he sent this back to the capital from the barrier at Meeting Hill.
われひとり急ぐと思ひし東路に垣根の梅はさきだちにけり
| ware Fitori isogu to omoFisi adumadi ni kakine no mume Fa sakidatinikeri |
I, alone, Was hurried, or so I thought, Upon this eastland road; The plum trees by the fence Have bloomed already. |
Tachibana no Norimitsu
Written in the margins [of a letter she had received from Fujiwara no Nagafusa on his appointment as Governor of Tsukushi].
別路をげにいかばかり嘆くらん聞く人さへぞ袖はぬれける
| wakaredi wo geni ikabakari nagekuran kiku Fito saFe zo sode Fa nurekeru |
The path of parting Beyond all measure sad Must be, For hearing of it, we too, Have soaking sleeves. |
[Empress] Jōtōmon’in [Shōshi] (988-1074)
When the former Ise Shrine Priestess was there and commanded that he join in a game of ishina tori awase, he composed this in the conception of celebration.
くもりなく豐さかのぼる朝日には君ぞつかへん萬代までに
| kumorinaku toyo sakanoboru asaFi ni Fa kimi zo tukaFen yorodu yo made ni |
Without a trace of cloud The bright, sky-climbing Morning sun Does so to serve my Lady, For a myriad years. |
Minamoto no Toshiyori
源俊頼
Composed in the conception of Felicitation.
君がよは富雄川の水すみてちとせをふとも絶えじとぞ思ふ
| kimi ga yo Fa tomi no wogaFa no midu sumite titose wo futomo taezi to zo omoFu |
My Lord’s reign Is rich-as the Tominowo River Waters clear and Though a thousand years pass Will never end, I feel. |
Minamoto no Tadasue
Composed on the spirit of Felicitation as part of a hundred poem sequence.
君が代は松の上葉にをく露のつもりてよもの海となるまで
| kimi ga yo Fa matu no uFaba ni woku tuyu no tumorite yomo no umi to naru made |
My Lord’s reign: Upon the pine tree tops The falling dew Builds up and on all sides A sea becomes-until then… |
Minamoto no Toshiyori
源俊頼
Composed on hailstones in the deep mountains.
はし鷹の白斑に色やまがふらんとがへる山に霰ふるらし
| Fasitaka no siraFu ni iro ya magaFuran togaFeru yama ni arare Fururasi |
For a sparrowhawk’s White-speckled tail the colour Might be mistaken; In moult, upon the mountains Hailstones fall, it seems. |
Minister of the Treasury [Ōe no] Masafusa