Topic unknown.
わが宿は播磨潟にもあらなくに明石も果で人の行くらむ
| wa ga yado Fa Farimagata ni mo aranaku ni akasi mo Fatede Fito no yukuramu |
My home By Harima’s inlet Lies not, yet He brings none of Akashi’s brightness With his coming… |
Anonymous
Category Archives: Shūishū
SIS VIII: 477
Topic unknown.
白浪はたてと衣にかさならすあかしもすまもおのかうらうら
| siranami Fa tatedo koromo ni kasanarazu akasi mo suma mo ono ga uraura |
The whitecaps Break, yet no sewn robes Are laid upon each other; Both Akashi and Suma, too Are lined with their own shores… |
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
柿本人麻呂
SIS VI: 319
Sent to the house of someone who had gone to Shinano.
月影は飽かず見るとも更級の山の麓に長居すな君
| tukikage Fa akazu miru tomo sarasina no yama no Fumoto ni nagawisu na kimi |
The moonlight can Never sate your gaze, but In Sarashina At the mountain’s foot Stay not too long, my lord! |
Ki no Tsurayuki
紀貫之
SIS XIII: 840
Topic unknown.
うつろふは下葉ばかりと見しほどにやがても秋になりにけるかな
| utsuroFu Fa sitaba bakari to misi Fodo ni yagate mo aki ni narinikeru kana |
Change has touched The under-leaves alone – When I saw that At last, our autumn Had arrived! |
Uma no Naishi
馬内侍
SIS X: 616
A poem about the provinces for the enthronement ceremony in Tenroku 1 [970]: The Izumi River.
泉河のどけき水のそこ見れば今年葉陰ぞすみまさりける
| idumigaFa nodokeki midu no soko mireba kotosi Fakage zo sumimasarikeru |
At Izumi River The peaceful waters’ Bed I see; This year the shadows of the leaves Are truly clear, indeed. |
Taira no Kanemori
平兼盛
SIS II: 123
From the Empress’ Poetry Competition in the Engi Period.
夏くれば深草山の郭公鳴く声しげくなりまさるなり
| natu kureba Fukakusayama no Fototogisu naku kowe sigeku narimasaru nari |
When the summer comes, Upon Fukakusa Mountain The cuckoo Calls most lushly Do grow excessive! |
Anonymous
SIS XVII: 1141
During the Tenryaku era, when people had gathered at Ise’s house, to say that she was coming.
時雨つゝふりにし宿の言の葉は掻集むれど止らざりけり
| siguretutu Furinisi yado no koto no Fa Fa kakiatumuredo tomarazarikeri |
Ever does the drizzle Fall at my home – My leaves of words I sweep all together, but Never does it end. |
Nakatsukasa (?912-?991)
中務
SIS XVII: 1089
天の川扇の風に雲晴れて空澄みわたる鵲の橋
| ama no kaFa aFugi no kaze ni kumo Farete sora sumiwataru kasasagi no Fasi |
Upon the River of Heaven, The breeze of her fan Clears the clouds, and Soaring ‘cross the skies goes A bridge of magpies. |
Kiyowara no Motosuke
This poem is also Wakan rōeishū 202.
SIS XVII: 1088
On the 21st day of the Fifth Month Tenroku 4 [973], former emperor En’yū, who was then the sovereign, visited the Princess of the First Order [Shishi 資子] and, following a loss at a game with go counters, on the 7th day of the Seventh Month, the Princess had a fan wrapped in thin cloth and presented to the imperial pantry.
天の川河辺涼しき七夕に扇の風を猶やかさまし
| ama no kaFa kaFabe suzusiki tanabata ni aFugi no kaze wo naFo ya kasamasi |
On the River of Heaven’s Shore, cool In early autumn Is this fan’s breeze: I wonder, should I lend it you more? |
Nakatsukasa
This poem is also Wakan rōeishū 201.
SIS II: 81
When former emperor Reizei was Crown Prince, and ordered that a hundred poem sequence be presented.
花の色に染めし袂の惜しけれは衣かへうきけふにもあるかな
| Fana no iro ni somesi tamoto no wosikereba koromo kaFe uki keFu ni mo aru kana |
The blossoms’ hue Has dyed my sleeves, So I do regret The sorrow of changing clothes On this day today… |
Minamoto no Shigeyuki
源重之