From the Poetry Contest in 1500 Rounds.
さくら色の庭のはる風あともなしとはゞぞ人の雪とだにみん
| sakura iro no niwa no haru kaze ato mo nashi towaba zo hito no yuki to dani min |
Upon the palest pink hues Of my garden, Spring breezes Leave no mark; Were you to come a’calling, a singular Snow is what you’d see. |
Fujiwara no Sada’ie
藤原定家
When he presented a hundred-poem sequence.
しらくもの春はかさねてたつた山をぐらのみねに花にほふらし
| shira kumo no haru wa kasanete tatsuta yama ogura no mine ni hana niourashi |
The white clouds of Spring Have covered o’er Mount Tatsuta – And on the peak of Ogura The blossom is in full flower, it seems. |
Fujiwara no Sada’ie
藤原定家
In a fifty-poem sequence for Priest-Prince Shukaku
しもまよふそらにしほれしかりがねのかへるつばさに春雨ぞふる
| shimo mayou sora ni shioreshi kari ga ne no kaeru tsubasa ni harusame zo furu |
Wracked by frosts, The skies, where drenched The geese, calling, Homeward bound, wingbeats Stirring Spring rains’ fall. |
Fujiwara no Sada’ie
藤原定家
Composed in a fifty poem sequence at the house of the Monk Prince Shukaku.
おほぞらはむめのにほひにかすみつゝくもりもはてぬ春のよの月
| ôzora wa mume no nioi ni kasumitsutsu kumori mo hatenu haru no yo no tsuki |
In the firmament The scent of plum Is in the spreading haze; The clouds have yet to cover The moon on this spring night. |
Fujiwara no Sada’ie
藤原定家
When he composed a fifty poem sequence for the Monk Prince Shukaku.
春のよの夢のうきはしとだえしてみねにわかるゝよこ雲のそら
| haru no yo no yume no uki hashi todaeshite mine ni wakaruru yokogumo no sora | A Spring night’s Floating bridge of dreams Is broken – Split by the peaks, The long clouds trail across the sky. |
Fujiwara no Sada’ie
藤原定家
Composed in the conception of parting when he took part in a hundred-poem sequence.
別れても心へだつな旅ごろも幾重かさなる山路なりとも
| wakarete mo kokoro Fedatu na tabigoromo ikuwe kasanaru yamadi naritomo |
We may part, yet Let us not be strangers; Journey clothes Place layer on layer, Though mountain paths lie in-between. |
Fujiwara no Sada’ie
藤原定家
When the Monk En’i invited people to take part in a hundred poem sequence, he composed this on drizzle.
しぐれつる眞屋の軒端の程なきに頓てさしいる月の影かな
| sigureturu maya no nokiba no Fodo naki ni yagate sasi’iru tuki no kage kana |
Fallen rain dripping From the leaning eaves So shallow that Swiftly in pours The moonlight. |
Fujiwara no Sada’ie
藤原定家