When a Hundred Poem Sequence was presented to former Emperor Gotoba in Kenpo 4 [1216].
秋の夜の月にいくたびながめして物おもふことの身につもるらん
| aki no yo no tsuki ni ikutabi nagameshite mono’omou koto no mi ni tsumoruran | Upon an autumn night’s Moon how many times Have I gazed out, while Gloomy thoughts Pile ever higher upon me?[i] |
Consultant Masatsune
[i] An allusive variation on SIS VIII: 432.
On love in the rain, when she presented a hundred poem sequence for the Hōji hyakushu [1248].
おもひきやなみだにしぼる袖に猶身をしる雨をそへん物とは
| omoiki ya namida ni shiboru sode ni nao mi o shiru ame o soen mono to wa | Never did I think, that I would wring the tears From my sleeves yet still The rain upon my misery Would add to it… |
Tsuchimikado-in no Kosaishō
土御門院小宰相
A poem from the Poetry Contest held by the Dowager Empress during the Reign of the Kanpyō Emperor.
春雨の色はこしともみえなくに野べのみどりをいかでそむらん
| harusame no iro wa koshi tomo mienaku ni nobe no midori o ikade somuran | The spring rain’s Hue no great depths Does seem to have, but How are the meadows with green So deeply dyed? |
Ki no Tomonori