Composed on autumn leaves.
よそに見る峰の紅葉や散りくるとふもとの里は嵐をぞまつ
| yoso ni miru mine no momidi ya tirikuru to Fumoto no sato Fa arasi wo zo matu |
Seen afar Upon the peaks, are the scarlet leaves Scattering down- The houses at the mountain’s foot Await the wild storm winds. |
Director of the Department of Shrines [Minamoto no] Akinaka
Composed to send with some kusudama to his daughter, who was in service at court.
菖蒲草わが身のうきをひきかへてなべてならぬに生ひも出でなん
| ayamegusa wa ga mi no uki wo FikikaFete nabete naranu ni oFi mo idenan |
O sweet flags, From this muddy pool (my misery) Pluck me and In a most uncommon place Let me grow. |
Provisonal Archbishop Eien
In the Fourth Month of the First Year of the Ōtoku period (1084) at the Sanjō Palace he composed this on the profusion of leaves on the trees in the garden.
たまがしはにはも葉廣になりにけりこや木綿四手て神まつるころ
| tamagasiFa niFa mo Fabiro ni narinikeri koya yuFu sidete kami maturu koro |
The oak trees In the garden in full fledge Do stand. Look! Mulberry streamers flutter For the gods here now! |
Major Councillor [Minamoto no] Tsunenobu
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