Composed on the conception of love, when hundred poem sequences were presented during the reign of former Emperor Horikawa.
おもひあまり人にとはばやみなせ川むすばぬ水に袖はぬるやと
| omoFi’amari Fito ni toFaba ya minasegaFa musubanu midu ni sode Fa nuru ya to | Love consumes me and so I would ask her: Do the ever dry Minase River’s Intangible waters Yet soak your sleeves? |
Major Counsellor Kinzane
Composed on the conception of ice first freezing.
をし鳥のうきねのとこやあれぬらんつららゐにけりこやの池水
| wosidori no ukine no toko ya arenuran turara winikeri koya no ikemidu | Have the mandarin ducks’ Drifting, dozing had their bed Disturbed, perhaps? Icicles have formed O’er the waters of Koya Pond… |
Supernumerary Middle Counsellor Tsunefusa
権中納言経房
Composed when he presented a hundred poem sequence during the reign of former Emperor Horikawa.
みむろ山たににや春のたちぬらむ雪のした水いはたたくなり
| mimuro no yama tani ni ya Faru no tatinuramu yuki no sitamidu iFa tataku nari | Upon Mount Mimuro, In the valleys, I wonder, Has spring arisen? For waters ‘neath the snow Are dripping on the rocks… |
Middle Counsellor Kuninobu
Composed on the conception of enjoying the cool of the evening, when Minister of Justice Yorisuke held a poetry match.
いはたたく谷の水のみおとづれて夏にしられぬみ山べのさと
| iFa tataku tani no midu nomi otodurete natu ni sirarenu yamabe no sato | Dripping on the rocks The valley’s waters, alone, Pay me a call, All ignorant of summer At my deep mountain retreat… |
Former Consultant Norinaga
Composed as an insect poem, when he composed a hundred poem sequence bewailing his sorry lot around the Hōen period [1135-1141].
さりともとおもふこころもむしのねもよわりはてぬる秋のくれかな
| saritomo to omoFu kokoro mo musi no ne mo yowariFatenuru aki no kure kana | That’s just how it is I thought within my heart, too, As the insects’ cries, too Weakened On an autumn evening! |
Master of the Dowager Empress Household Office Toshinari
Composed on ‘lingering snow’, in a hundred poem sequence he presented for the reign of former emperor Horikawa.
道たゆといとひしものを山ざとにきゆるはをしき去年の雪かな
| miti tayu to ito Fisi mono wo yamazato ni kiyuru wa osiki kozo no yuki kana | That the way was blocked Was terrible, indeed, but At this mountain retreat As it vanishes, regret I feel For last year’s snow! |
Former Middle Counsellor Masafusa
Composed when Middle Counsellor Ienari had gone to Sumiyoshi and they were composing poems.
神世よりつもりのうらにみやゐしてへぬらんとしのかぎりしらずも
| kamiyo yori tsumori no ura ni miya’ishite henuran toshi no kagiri shirazu mo | Since the Age of Gods At the Bay of Tsumori Has there been a shrine; The years it will endure Know no bounds at all! |
Major Counsellor Takasue
