For a folding screen at the residence of Major Captain of the Right Sadakuni.
住の江の松を秋かぜ吹くからにこゑうちそふる興つしらなみ
| suminoe no matu wo akikaze Fuku kara ni kowe utisoFuru oki tu siranami | When through Suminoe’s Pines the autumn wind Does blow, Draped are they by the roar of Whitecaps in the offing. |
Mitsune
From the Poetry Match held during the reign of the Tenryaku Emperor.
しのぶれど色にいでにけりわが恋は物や思ふと人のとふまで
| sinoburedo iro ni idenikeri wa ga koFi Fa mono ya omoFu to Fito no toFu made | I kept it secret, but Passion’s hues will reveal themselves; so Of my love, ‘Is there something on your mind?’ Folk have gone so far to ask… |
Taira no Kanemori
From the Poetry Match held in the reign of the Tenryaku Emperor.
恋すてふ我が名はまだき立にけり人知れずこそ思そめしか
| koFisu teFu wa ga na Fa madaki tatinikeri Fito sirezu koso omoFisomesika | Of my love Have rumours swiftly Arisen, though Unknown to all Had my passion’s fire begun to burn… |
Mibu no Tadami
Topic unknown.
あし引の山郭公けふとてやあやめの草のねにたててなく
| asiFiki no yamaFototogisu keFu tote ya ayame no kusa no ne ni tatete naku | Leg wearying, The mountain cuckoo, Knowing today, perhaps, On the sweet-flag Roots does perch and sing. |
A composition by the Engi Emperor [Daigo]
On the day of the Ōharano Festival, he attached this to a branch of sakaki, and sent it to a lady’s residence.
おほはらの神もしるらむわがこひはけふ氏人の心やらなむ
| oFoFarano kami mo siruramu wa ga koFi wa keFu udibito no kokoro yaranamu | Ōharano’s God, too, surely knows My love Today, toward the shrine’s lady’s Heart is directed! |