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
From among her love poems.
恋ひわびてもえんけぶりのすゑもうしさのみあはでの浦のもしほ火
koiwabite
moen keburi no
sue mo ushisa
nomi awade no
ura no moshiobi | The pain of love
Burns—the smoke
Ends with your cruelty
Alone, with no meeting on
The shore where seaweed-salt fires smoulder. |
The Daughter of Lord Tamemichi
為道朝臣女
Topic unknown
しらせばや涙もいまは紅のうすはなざくら色に出でつつ
shiraseba ya
namida mo ima wa
kurenai no
usu hanazakura
iro ni idetsutsu | Should I let you know?
My tears, too, now, are
Scarlet as
The pale cherry blossoms
Hues ever emerge. |
Anonymous
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
'Simply moving and elegant'