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Minshū 2819

[One of] Five love poems in a Twenty Poem Sequence composed in his retreat in Kenryaku 2 [1212].

あらち山やた野の浅茅色付きぬ人の心の峰の淡雪

arachiyama
yatano no asaji
irozukinu
hito no kokoro no
mine no awayuki

By Arachi Mountain,
In Yata meadow the cogon grass
Has taken on passion’s hues, but
My lady’s heart is
A peak covered in snow-spume.

Ietaka

[One of] Ten poems on winter.

やどもなし今朝わびしらにこえきつるあらちの山の雪のゆふ暮

yado mo nashi
kesa wabishira ni
koekitsuru
arachi no yama no
yuki no yūgure

Lacking any home
This morning forlorn and lonely
Have I come to cross through
Arachi Mountain’s
Twilight snows.

Jien

八田乃野之　浅茅色付　有乳山　峰之沫雪　寒零良之

やたののの　あさぢいろづく　あらちやま　みねのあわゆき　さむくふるらし

yata no no no
asadi iroduku
aratiyama
mine no apayuki
samuku pururasi

In Yata meadows
The cogon grass takes on colour, as
On Arachi Mountain’s
Peak snow-spume
Seems to fall so chill.