When he had gone to Nara, on hearing a woman playing a zither in a run-down house, he composed this and sent it in:
わびびとのすむべきやどと見るなへに歎きくははることのねぞする
| wabibito no sumubeki yado to miru naFe ni nageki kuFaFaru koto no ne zo suru |
Despairing of this world, one Must surely live in such a house I thought, when, Adding to my sorrow Came the zither’s strains. |
Yoshimine no Munesada (Archbishop Henjô)
良岑宗貞（僧正遍照）
Composed watching the Gosechi dancing maidens.
あまつかぜ雲のかよひぢ吹きとぢよをとめのすがたしばしとどめむ
| ama tu kaze kumo no kayoFidi Fukitodi yo wotome no sugata sibasi todomemu |
O, Heaven’s winds, The pathways of the clouds Seal up! Let these maiden forms Be held here a little while! |
Yoshimine no Munesada (Archbishop Henjō)
良岑宗貞（僧正遍照）
During the reign of the Fukakusa Emperor, being Head Chamberlain, Henjō served His Majesty day and night and, after the death of His Majesty, abandoned this world and went to Mount Hiei to become a monk. The following year, when everyone had put off their mourning clothes, and he had heard of their pleasure over promotions and suchlike, he composed this.
みな人は花の衣になりぬなりこけのたもとよかわきだにせよ
| minaFito Fa Fana no koromo ni narinu nari koke no tamoto yo kawaki dani seyo |
All the other folk, In robes of flowering hues Are dressed. But, oh, these mossy sleeves of mine, Let them at least dry out. |
Archbishop Henjō
僧正遍照
Topic unknown.
わがやどは道もなきまであれにけりつれなき人をまつとせしまに
| wa ga yado Fa miti mo naki made arenikeri turenaki Fito wo matu to sesi ma ni |
At my house Even the pathways have vanished, All overgrown; For a heartless lover, Have I been waiting all this time. |
Archbishop Henjō
僧正遍照
Composed while he stood briefly in the shade of a tree at the Unrin In.
わび人のわきてたちよるこの本はたのむかげなくもみぢちりけり
| wabibito no wakite tatiyoru ko no moto Fa tanomu kage naku momidi tirinikeri |
On his way to leave the world, a man Comes to rest Beneath the trees But he finds no shade For every Autumn leaf has fallen. |
Archbishop Henjō
僧正遍照
When the Ninna Emperor (Emperor Kōkō (830-887; r. 884-887)) was still a prince, there was a time he stayed at Henjō’s mother’s house on his way to view the waterfall at Furu, and the garden had been made to resemble an autumn meadow; Henjō recited this poem to him while they were talking.
里はあれて人はふりにし宿なれや庭もまがきも秋ののらなる
| sato Fa arete Fito Fa Furinisi yado nare ya niFa mo magaki mo aki no nora naru |
Is it the overgrown house And the aged owner Of this dwelling? The gardens and fences Have returned to Autumn fields. |
Archbishop Henjō
僧正遍照
Topic unknown.
名にめでてをれるばかりぞ女郎花我おちにきと人にかたるな
| na ni medete oreru bakari zo wominaFesi ware otiniki to Fito ni kataru na |
I love your name And for that alone I’ve plucked you, Maidenflower. That I’ve fallen Tell no one. |
Archibishop Henjō
僧正遍照