わぎもこにあふちのはなは散過ぎていまいまさけることあらんいもかも
wagimoko ni With my darling girl
さみだれとことなしびつる時しもぞ人にあふちの花は咲きける
samidare to With the gentle summer rain
さみだれにこひすといふなはたたばたて君にあふちの花し咲きなば
samidare ni In the gentle summer rain
Chinaberry
我がやどにあふちのはなはさきたれどなにしもおはぬ物にぞ有りける
wa ga yado ni At my house
Tsurayuki
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
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