In the second year of Ōwa [962], he became a Chamberlain to the Crown Prince, and then within a month was also appointed a Secretary in the Ministry of Popular Affairs, so he sent this poem to the residence of Palace Lady Ukon, to express his pleasure at being doubly blessed.
ひく人もなしと思ひしあづさゆみ今ぞうれしきもろやしつれば
Fiku Fito mo to omoFisi No one there was to draw
Shitagō
Topic unknown.
年の内はみな春ながらくれななん花見てだにもうきよすぐさん
toshi no uchi wa mina haru nagara kure na nan hana mite dani mo ukiyo sugusan Within the year
For a poetry contest at Sadafun’s house.
郭公をちかへりなけうなゐこがうちたれがみの五月雨の空
Fototogisu otikaFerinake unawiko ga utitaregami no samidare no sora A cuckoo
Ōshikōchi no Mitsune
Topic unknown.
見わたせば松のはしろきよしの山いくよつもれる雪にかあるらん
miwataseba When I gaze across,
Tadami
Composed gazing at the moon.
あまの原そらさへさえや渡るらん氷と見ゆる冬の夜の月
ama no Fara The plain of Heaven,
Egyō
For a folding screen in the residence of Lord Kōtoku.
ふゆされ嵐のこゑもたかさごの松につけてぞきくべかりける
Fuyu sareba When it is winter,
[Ōnakatomi no] Yoshinobu
Topic unknown.
池水や氷とくらむあしがもの夜ぶかくこゑのさわぐなるかな
ikemizu ya kōri tokuramu ashigamo no yobukaku koe no sawagunaru kana Above the pond waters
Tachibana no Yukiyori
Composed for a folding screen with a picture suited to a month of the year upon it.
あふさかの関のし水に影見えて今やひくらんもち月のこま
aFusaka no seki no simidu ni kage miete ima ya Fikuran motiduki no koma In Ausaka
Ki no Tsurayuki
Topic unknown.
叩くとて宿の妻戸を開けたれば人も梢の水鶏なりけり
tataku totew o
Knocking at
Anonymous
Topic unknown.
ちちわくに人はいふともおりてきむわかはた物に白き麻衣
titiwaku ni
At any rate
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
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