Sent back after he was sent into exile.
君が住む宿のこずゑのゆくゆくと隱るるまでにかへりみしはや
| kimi ga sumu yado no kozuwe no yukuyuku to kakururu made ni kaFeri misi Fa ya |
My lady lives In the house beyond those treetops; As I went along, ’ Til they were quite gone from sight Did I backwards turn my gaze. |
The Posthumous Grand Minister, [Sugawara no Michizane].
For the farewell feast, when Kanemori was sent to Suruga as Governor.
別地は渡せる橋もなき物をいかでか常に戀ひ渡べき
| wakaredi Fa wataseru Fasi mo naki mono wo ikadeka tune ni koFi watarubeki |
Your parting path: Spanned by bridges, Now gone, so How, as ever, Should we send you our love? |
Written on a fan when Ōe no Tamemoto went down into the Eastlands (around 985).
惜ともなき物ゆへにしかすがの渡と聞けばたゞならぬ哉
| wosimu to mo naki mono yuFe ni sikasuga no watari to kikeba tada naranu kana |
For regret I have no reason, yet To Shikasuga’s Crossing are you bound, I hear, so Indeed, I am not completely indifferent. |
From the poetry contest at the Teiji Palace.
三千年になるてふ桃の今年より花咲く春にあひにける哉
| miti tose ni naru teFu momo no kotosi yori Fana saku Faru ni aFinikeru kana |
Every three thousand years, ’ Tis said, the peach bears fruit; And in this year It blossomed with the spring: That’s what we have chanced across. |
Mitsune
躬恒
Composed on the seventh night in the birthing house for the birth of Major Captain Fujiwara no Sanesuke (957-1046).
今年生ひの松は七日になりにけり殘りの程を思こそやれ
| kotosi woFi no matu Fa nanuka ni narinikeri nokori no Fodo wo omoFi koso yare |
This year’s sprouted Pine’s seventh day Has arrived; Let the remainder be As I would wish it! |
When snow was falling between the mountains.
あしひきの山ゐに降れる白雪はすれる衣の心地こそすれ
| asiFiki no yamawi ni Fureru sirayuki Fa sureru koromo no kokoti koso sure |
Leg-wearying Between the indigo mountains fall White snowflakes: Robes dyed that hue Spark such feelings. |
Ise
伊勢