Topic unknown.
山がつのかきねにさける卯の花はたが白妙の衣かけしぞ
yamagatu no
kakine ni sakeru
unoFana Fa
ta ga sirotaFe no
koromo kakesi zo | By the woodcutter’s
Brushwood fence a’blooming
Deutzia:
Whose white mulberry
Robes are hung there? |
Anonymous[1]
[1] This poem is a minor variant on Sahyōe no suke sadafumi uta’awase 11, which is attributed to Ōshikochi no Mitsune.
かみまつるやどの卯の花白妙のみてぐらかとぞあやまたれける
kami maturu
yado no unoFana
sirotaFe no
mitegura ka to zo
ayamatarekeru | Sacred to the Gods,
A dwelling’s deutzia, for
White as mulberry cloth,
Sacred streamers might
Be mistaken! |
Tsurayuki
For a folding screen with images of the moon in every month, during the reign of the Engi emperor.
神まつる卯月にさける卯の花はしろくもきねがしらげたるかな
kami maturu
uduki ni sakeru
unoFana Fa
siroku mo kine ga
siragetaru kana | Sacred to the Gods,
The Fourth Month is when bloom
Deutzia,
So white that maidens from the shrine
Must have whitened them! |
Mitsune
Topic unknown.
うの花のさけるかきねはみちのくのまがきのしまの浪かとぞ見る
unoFana no
sakeru kakine Fa
mitinoku no
magaki no sima no
nami ka to zo miru | The deutzia
Blooming by the brushwood fence: as
In Michinoku,
Upon Magaki Isle
Waves breaking, do they appear! |
Anonymous
When a warbler was singing from among the deutzia blooms at a mountain retreat.
卯の花をちりにしむめにまがへてや夏のかきねに鶯のなく
unoFana wo
tirinisi mume ni
magaFete ya
natu no kakine ni
uguFisu no naku | The deutzia for
Scattered plum
Has he mistaken?
By the brushwood fence in summer
A warbler sings. |
Taira no Kinzane 平公誠
On seeing wisteria blooms at Tako Bay.
たこの浦のそこさへにほふ藤浪をかざしてゆかん見ぬ人のため
tako no ura no
soko saFe nioFu
Fudinami wo
kazasite yukan
minu Fito no tame | The Bay of Tako’s
Very bed does glow with
Wisteria waves—
I’ll wear them in my hair as I go,
For those who’ve seen them not! |
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Topic unknown.
手もふれでをしむかひなく藤の花そこにうつれば浪ぞをりける
te mo Furede
wosimu kaFinaku
Fudi no Fana
soko ni utureba
nami zo worikeru | Intangible, they are, but
Regretting it is pointless:
Wisteria blooms
Reflected on the riverbed,
Picked only by waves. |
Mitsune
When a wisteria blossom banquet was held at the Hall of Flying Fragrances during the reign of the Engi Emperor.
うすくこくみだれてさける藤の花ひとしき色はあらじとぞ思ふ
usuku koku
midarete sakeru
Fudi no Fana
Fitosiki iro Fa
arazi to zo omoFu | Both deep and pale
Blended blooming
These wisteria blossoms
Have equals in hue
Nowhere at all, I feel. |
The Ononomiya Grand Minister 小野宮太政大臣
[Fujiwara no Saneyori 藤原実頼 (900-970)]
Poems for a folding screen for His Majesty, former Emperor En’yū.
住吉の岸のふぢなみわがやどの松のこずゑに色はまさらじ
sumiyosi no
kisi no Fudinami
wa ga yado no
matu no kozuwe ni
iro wa masarazi | On Sumiyoshi’s
Shore are wisteria waves, but
Those at my house,
In the treetops of the pines
Are not less superb in hue… |
Taira no Kanemori
In a hundred poem sequence.
夏にこそさきかかりけれふぢの花松にとのみも思ひけるかな
natu ni koso
sakikakarikere
Fudi no Fana
matu ni to nomi mo
omoFikeru kana | In summer, above all,
Do bloom
Wisteria flowers
Upon the pine is all I can do
Or so I thought! |
Shigeyuki
'Simply moving and elegant'