Flames.
君がもるゑじのたくひのひるはたえよるはもえつつ物をこそ思へ
kimi ga moru ezi no taku Fi no Firu wa tae yoru Fa moetsutsu mono o koso omoFe My lord stands guard at the Palace,
Created with Soan .
Mornings.
けさはしもおきけんかたもしらざりつおもひ出づるぞきえてかなしき
kesa wa shimo okiken kata mo shirazaritsu omoi’izuru zo kiete kanashiki This morning of all mornings
Chisato
Jewelled thread of life.
したにのみおもへばくるし玉のをのたえてみだれん人なとがめそ
shita ni nomi Simply beneath the surface [i]
Tomonori
Created with Soan . [i] A minor variant of this poem, which replaces omeba (feel [passion, so’] with koureba (‘feel love, so’) occurs in Kokinshū (XIII: 677 ).
まきもくのひばらもいまだくもゐねばこまつが末にあは雪ぞふる
makimoku no hibara mo imada kumoineba komatsu ga ure ni awayuki zo furu In Makimoku
はるたたばわかなつまんとしめしのにきのふもけふも雪はふりつつ
haru tataba If the spring has come, then
Akahito
On thunder.
天のはら鳴る神いかに思ふらんけふは身をしる雨とこそふれ
ama no hara From the plain of Heaven
Anonymous
こひわびぬかなしきこともなぐさめむいづれながすのはまべなるらむ
koiwabinu kanashiki koto mo nagusamemu izure nagasu no hamabe naruramu Suffering the pain of love and
When beginning to talk.
おもひつつまだいひそめぬわがこひをおなじこころに人はしらなむ
omoitsutsu mada iisomenu wa ga koi o onaji kokoro ni hito wa shiranamu Ever are you in my passionate thoughts,
The last month of the year.
みよしののやまのしらゆきつもるらしふるさとさむくなりまさるなり
miyoshino no On fair Yoshino
Korenori
The Eighth Month.
人しれぬねをやなくらん秋萩の色づくまでに鹿の声せぬ
hito shirenu ne o ya nakuran aki hagi no irozuku made ni shika no koe senu That no one may know
Mitsune
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