From the Six Volumes, on this topic.
花咲きし庭のあぢさゐあぢきなくなどてよひらに我をすてけん
hana sakishi niwa no ajisai ajikinaku nado yohira ni ware o suteken | The flowers blooming in This garden—hydrangeas— Why, unreasonably, Do your fourfold petals, so completely Seem to abandon me at night? |
The Ikasa Minister of the Centre
From the poetry contest in 1500 rounds.
見ぬ人をまつの木かげの苔むしろ猶敷島ややまとなでしこ
minu hito o matsu no kokage no kokemushiro nao shikishima ya yamato nadeshiko | For a man unseen She pines in the shadow of the trees On a mossy bed for Her coverlet, the isles that make Yamato – a pink! |
Kūnaikyō, in service to Former Emperor Gotoba
Same as before.
ふりはへて折りに来たればこまにしきくれなゐふかき岡つつじかな
furihaete orinikitareba koma nishiki kurenai kaki okatsutsuji kana | I exhaust myself When I come to pick Goryeo brocade Scarlet painted Azaleas on the hillside! |
Sagami
A spring poem, from the Shōji Hundred Poem Sequences.
水茎の跡もとまらず見ゆるかな浪と雲とにかへる雁がね
mizukuki no ato mo tomarazu miyuru kana nami to kumo to ni kaeru kari ga ne | Faint traceries on the water Leave no sign, It seems! Waves and clouds together with A returning goose’s cry. |
Jakuren
On a thin layer of ice remaining atop a pond, for a Poetry Contest held at the Residence of Imperial Princess Miwako.
うす氷残りすくなくなりにけり池のかがみと冬はみしかど
usugōri nokori sukunaku narinikeri ike no kagami to fuyu wa mishikado | The film of ice Mere remnants Has become; Yet in the mirror of the pond Winter was once seen… |
Musashino
A poem from the Poetry Contest held by the Dowager Empress during the Reign of the Kanpyō Emperor.
秋のせみさむき声にぞきこゆなる木のはの衣を風やぬぎつる
aki no semi samuki koe ni zo kikoyunaru ko no ha no kinu o kaze ya nugitsuru | In the autumn, the cicadas’ Chill song I hear; Has the trees’ garb of leaves Been stripped from them by the wind? |
Anonymous
A poem from the Poetry Contest held by the Empress Dowager during the Reign of the Kanpyō Emperor.
雁がねにおどろく秋のよを寒み虫のおりだす衣をぞきる
kari ga ne ni odoroku aki no yo o samumi mushi no oridasu koromo o zo kiru | The goose cries are Startling on an autumn Night so chill The insects’ woven Robes I will put on! |
Anonymous
A poem from the Poetry Contest held by the Dowager Empress during the Reign of the Kanpyō Emperor.
まきもくのひばらの山にたちかへり見れども花におどろかれつつ
makimoku no hibara no yama ni tachikaeri miredomo hana no odorokaretsutsu | In Makimoku among The mountain cypress groves Rising and departing, I see it, yet the blossom Ever does amaze me… |
Anonymous
On winter rain, from a hundred poem sequence on the four seasons, composed in Jōkyū 2 [1220].
都人ちぎりしものをはつ雪に松の葉をしき夕暮の雨
miyakobito chigirishi mono o hatsuyuki ni matsu no ha o shiki yūgure no ame | Capital folk Did make a vow: Upon the first snows Pine needles spread By the evening rain. |
Lord Ietaka, Junior Second Rank
From among the poems he composed daily in Bun’ei 7 [1270].
冬の雨の名残のきりはあけ過ぎてくもらぬ空にのこる月かげ
fuyu no ame no nagori no kiri wa akesugite kumoranu sora ni nokoru tsukikage | The winter rain’s Remnants of mist Have cleared away, and In the cloudless sky Lingers moonlight. |
Minister of Popular Affairs, Lord Tame’ie
'Simply moving and elegant'