逢ひて逢はぬ恋にも多く逢ひてけり浮き身の程を思ひ出づれば
aite awanu
Meeting and then not
Fujiwara no Shunzei
On the conception of the beginning of spring, composed for a hundred poem sequence for the Lay Priest and former Regent and Chancellor, when he was Minister of the Right.
今日といへば大唐までもゆく春を都にのみと思ひけるかな
kyō to ieba
On this day, the spring that
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office Shunzei
A travel poem, included in a hundred poem sequence he composed, lamenting his fate.
世中は憂きふししげし篠原や旅にしあれば妹夢に見ゆ
yo no naka wa
This world of ours
Fujiwara no Shunzei
をりごとに思ひぞ出る泉川月を待ちつつ渡りしものを
origoto ni
Every time
Fujiwara no Shunzei
五月雨は水上まさる泉川笠置の山も雲隠れつつ
samidare wa
In the drizzling rain
Fujiwara no Shunzei
夢路にはなれし宿見る現にて宇津の山辺の蔦ふける庵
yumeji ni wa
Upon the path of dreams
Fujiwara no Shunzei
秋暮れて紅葉流るる竜田川はやく見し夜や恋ひしかるらむ
aki kurete
As autumn reaches twilight,
Fujiwara no Shunzei
浮き立ちて宿も定めぬ海人の子はなかなか世にや住みよかるらむ
ukitachite
Drifting about
Fujiwara no Shunzei
すすみにと分入る道は夏深し裾野に続く森の下草
susumi ni to
Ahead we go!
Fujiwara no Shunzei
日数ゆく野原篠原夏深し分入る袖の露の草摺
hikazu yuku
The days go by, and
Fujiwara no Shunzei
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