On the conception of the moon at dawn, for the Kasuga Poetry Match.
天の戸をおしあけがたの雲間より神よの月の影ぞ残れる
ama no to o
oshi akegata no
kumoma yori
kamiyo no tsuki no
kage zo nokoreru | Upon the gates of Heaven
Pushing brightening
Through the cloud-gaps
From the Age of Gods, the moon’s
Light lingers. |
The Regent and Chancellor
An allusive variation on SKKS XIV: 1260.
Topic unknown.
あまのとをおしあけがたの月みればうき人しもぞこひしかりける
ama no to o
oshi akegata no
tsuki mireba
ukibito shimo zo
koishikarikeru | When against the gates of Heaven
Pushing brightening
The moon I see,
That cruel man, truly,
I long for all the more. |
Anonymous
Topic unknown.
いまこむとたのめしことをわすれずはこのゆふぐれの月やまつらん
ima komu to
tanomeshi koto o
wasurezu wa
kono yūgure no
tsuki ya matsuran | “I’m coming now,”
If, that she trusted those words of mine
She has not forgotten, then
This evening
The moon might she be awaiting, too? |
Fujiwara no Hideyoshi
On the conception of summer lover, when he held a poetry match at his house.
うつせみのなくねやよそにもりの露ほしあへぬ袖を人のとふまで
utsusemi no
naku ne ya yoso ni
mori no tsuyu
hoshiaenu sode o
hito no tou made | A cicada shell of
Cries, sobs distant as
Dripping dewdrops in the forest—
My sleeves never drying
Until folk ask me why.. |
The Regent and Grand Minister
For a folding screen, during the reign of the Engi Emperor.
ゆきて見ぬ人もしのべと春の野のかたみにつめるわかななりけり
yukite minu
hito mo shinobe to
haru no no no
katami ni tsumeru
wakana narikeri | They have not gone to see, yet
Those folk, too, I would have recall
The plains in springtime with
The keepsake of these plucked
Fresh herbs. |
Ki no Tsurayuki
Topic unknown.
しながどりゐなのをゆけばありまやま夕ぎり立ちぬやどはなくして
shinagadori
inano o yukeba
arimayama
yūgiri tachinu
yado wa nakushite | Through waterbird-filled
Inano I go, as
Upon Arima Mountain
Evening mist has risen, and
Me without a lodging… |
Anonymous
On a storm at one’s lodgings on a journey, for the Iwashimizu Poetry Match.
岩がねのとこに嵐をかたしきてひとりやねなんさよの中山
iwa ga ne no
toko ni arashi o
katashikite
hitori ya nenan
sayo no nakayama | At the crags’ foot
Lies my bed with the storm wind
Alone, spread upon me—
Lonely, must I sleep?
At Sayo-no-Nakayama… |
Lord Ari’ie
On the conception of seeing the moon while travelling, while at a place called the Barrier Gate Hall.
草枕ほどぞへにける都いでていくよかたびの月にねぬらむ
kusamakura
hodo zo henikeru
miyako idete
ikuyo ka tabi no
tsuki ni nenuramu | Grassy pillows
For a while have been my lot!
Since departing the capital
For some days on my travels
Will I sleep beneath the moon. |
Ōe no Yoshitoki
Composed as a travel poem.
けふは又しらぬ野ばらに行きくれぬいづれの山か月はいづらん
kyō wa mata
shiranu nobara ni
yukikurenu
izure no yama ka
tsuki wa izuran | Today, once more
Across an unknown plain
I go at sundown;
Which will be the mountain
Where the moon does rise? |
Minamoto no Ienaga
Composed on the moon above the mountains.
あしびきの山ぢのこけの露のうへにねざめ夜ぶかき月を見るかな
ashibiki no
yamaji no koke no
tsuyu no ue ni
nezame yobukaki
tsuki o miru kana | Resting upon leg-wearying
Mountain trails’ moss
Atop the dew
I awoke late at night
And glimpsed the moon. |
Fujiwara no Hideyoshi
'Simply moving and elegant'
