When he was asked to compose a thousand-poem sequence by someone, he composed this as a poem on blossom. み吉野の花の盛をけふ見ればこしの白根に春風ぞ吹く miyosino no Fana no sakari wo keFu mireba kosi no sirane ni Faru kaze zo Fuku In fair Yoshino The blossoms’ bounty I see today, so In Koshi on Shirane peak The spring breezes will … Continue reading SZS I: 76
Composed at the Palace Poetry Competition in the 4th Year of Tentoku (960). ふるさとは春めきにけりみ吉野の御垣が原をかすみこめたり Furusato Fa Farumekinikeri miyosino no mikaki ga Fara wo kazumi kometari Around the capital of old Spring is all about. In fair Yoshino Mikaki Field is All covered over with the haze. Taira no Kanemori
Composed when she was requested for a Spring poem by some courtiers during the reign of Retired Emperor Ichijō (980-1011; r. 986-1011). み吉野は春のけしきにかすめども結ぼゝれたる雪の下草 miyosino Fa Faru no kesiki ni kasumedomo musuboForetaru yuki no sitakusa Fair Yoshino is With Spring’s seeming Hazed, yet there is Solid Snow around the undergrowth. Murasaki Shikibu 紫式部
For a woman he had been visiting for many years; when snow was falling: 三吉野の雪にこもれる山人もふる道とめて音をや泣くらん miyosino no yuki ni komoreru yamabito mo Furu miti tomete ne wo ya nakuran In fair Yoshino Sealed in by snow, A mountain man: Searching out paths past, I wonder does he, too, weep aloud? Minamoto no Kage’akira
A poem composed for the four seasons screen behind the guest of honour when the Principal Handmaid celebrated the fortieth birthday of the Fujiwara Major Captain of the Right (Winter): 白雪のふりしく時はみよしのの山した風に花ぞちりける sira yuki no Furisiku toki Fa miyosino no yamasitakaze ni Fana zo tirikeru White snowflakes Falling constantly-at such a time In fair Yoshino Amid … Continue reading KKS VII: 363
Composed at a poetry competition held by Her Majesty, the Empress, during the Kanpyō period. みよしのの山の白雪ふみわけて入りにし人のおとづれもせぬ miyosino no yama no sira yuki Fumiwakete irinisi Fito no otodure mo senu Through fair Yoshino Mountain’s white snow fall Forging, He entered in, And not a line returned Mibu no Tadamine 壬生忠岑
Composed at the place he was staying when he had gone to the Nara capital. みよしのの山の白雪つもるらしふるさとさむくなりまさるなり miyosino no yama no sirayuki tumorurasi Furusato samuku narimasaru nari On fair Yoshino Mountain white snow fall Drifts high, it seems, For in this ancient place the chill Grows ever stronger. Sakanoue no Korenori