On new herbs, from a hundred poem sequence he presented to the Grand Shrine.
けふとてやいそなつむらんいせしまやいちしのうらのあまのをとめご
| kyô tote ya isona tsumuran ise shima ya ichishi no ura no ama no otomego |
Today’s the day, and so I wonder, will they gather seaweeds? On the isle of Ise At the beach of Ichishi, The fisher-maids… |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office Toshinari
藤原俊成
Composed and sent to someone he knew who had gone to Sumiyoshi.
住吉とあまはつぐともながゐすな人忘草おふといふなり
| sumiyosi to ama Fa tugu tomo nagawi su na Fito wasuregusa oFu to iFu nari |
Sumiyoshi is a pleasant place to stay, So say the fisher-folk, yet Do not stay there long, in Nagai; The flower for forgetting folk Blooms there, or so they say. |
Mibu no Tadamine
壬生忠岑
In the winter, Eleventh Month, 2nd year of Tempyō, the Governor-General of the Dazifu, Lord Ōtomo, was made a Major Councillor concurrently with his position as Governor-General; on his return to the capital, his retainers set sail and returned to the capital with him. Here are ten poems they composed in their sensitivity, suffering from the hardships of the journey.
我が背子を吾が松原よ見わたせば海人娘子ども玉藻刈る見ゆ
| wa ga seko wo a ga matubara yo miwataseba amawotömedömo tamamo karu miyu |
My friend, I pine and from this field Gaze out upon The diver girls Seeing them cutting jewelled seaweed. |
The above poem is by Isomori, Lord Mino.