雲雀上がる飛火野原に我一人野も狭に咲ける菫をず摘む
hibari agaru
Skylarks soar above
Fujiwara no Nakazane
Composed at the time a hundred poem sequence was presented, during the reign of former Emperor Horikawa.
山里は淋しかりけり木枯らしの吹く夕暮の日暮の声
yamazato Fa
A mountain dwelling
Fujiwara no Nakazane
冬草と見えし春野の小笹原弥生の雨に深緑なる
fuyu kusa to
A winter plant
Fujiwara no Nakazane
Composed on the conception of the beginning of winter at the time a hundred poem sequence was presented during the reign of Former Emperor Horikawa.
泉川水の水曲のふしづけに岩間の氷る冬は来にけり
idumigaFa
On the River Izumi
Fujiwara no Nakazane
Oaks 柞
柞原露のしらはひさしつるは時雨のあめぞうはぞめはする
hahasowara The oaks with
Fujiwara no Nakazane
あるが上に花の咲きそふ橘は皐月の玉に貫かむためなり
aru ga ue ni
Up above
Fujiwara no Nakazane (1064-1122)
白雲の五百重の彼方の国人も今日のみあれにあはぬあらじな
shirakumo no
Beyond clouds of white,
Fujiwara no Nakazane
白雲のやへのをちなる国人も今日のみあれにあはぬあらじな
shirakumo no
Beyond clouds of white,
Fujiwara no Nakazane
神山の園の葵を鏈りつつ今日のみあれにかざしつるかな
kamiyama no
On the sacred mountain,
Fujiwara no Nakazane
Frogs (蛙)
春ふかみさ山の池のねぬなはのくるしげもなくかはづなくなり
haru fukami sayama no ike no nenunawa no kurushige mo naku kawazu nakunari In the depths of spring
Fujiwara no Nakazane (1064-1122)
'Simply moving and elegant'