When Lord Tamemasa sponsored a sutra reading at the Fumon Temple, on the following day, everyone departed all together; when she was leaving Ono, she noticed how charming the blossom was and composed:
たき木こる事は昨日につきにしをいざをののえはここにくたさん
| takigi koru koto Fa kinoFu ni tukinisi wo iza wono no e Fa koko ni kutasan | Gathering kindling, Yesterday Did you exhaust yourself, but Will your axe handle Rot here, I wonder? |
The Mother of Master of the Crown Prince’s Household Office Michitsuna
On a folding screen for the coming-of-age ceremony of the Empress.
春ふかくなりぬと思ふをさくら花ちるこのもとはまだ雪ぞふる
| Faru Fukaku narinu to omoFu wo sakurabana tiru ko no moto Fa mada yuki zo Furu | Deep, indeed, has spring Become, I feel, when Cherry blossom Scatters around the feet of the trees, so Snow is still a’falling! |
Tsurayuki
For a folding screen for the residence of Minister of the Right Tsunesuke.
野辺見ればわかなつみけりむべしこそかきねの草もはるめきにけれ
| nobe mireba wakana tumikeri mube si koso kakine no kusa mo Farumekinikeri | When I gaze upon the meadows, and Have picked fresh herbs Indeed, indeed The grasses along my brushwood fence Have grown most springlike! |
Tsurayuki
The morning after Tanabata, he received a poem which had been composed and sent to him from Mitsune’s house, so sent this in return.
あひ見ずてひとひも君にならはねばたなばたよりも我ぞまされる
| aFimizute Fito Fi mo kimi ni naraFaneba tanabata yori mo ware zo masareru | Not meeting and For even a single day from you Parted, I am, so Greater than the Weaver Maid’s Are my swelling feelings. |
Tsurayuki
In the spring of the year following the early death of Onomiya Palace Minister, the cherry blossoms bloomed profusely, and he composed on the topic of voicing one’s thoughts a little.
桜花にほふものから露けきはこのめも物を思ふなるべし
| sakuranbana niFoFu mono kara tuyukeki Fa kono me mo mono wo omoFunarubesi | Cherry blossoms Have such a glow, that Dewdrops fill My eyes as sadness Seems to fill my thoughts. |
Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu