[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
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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. |
Topic unknown.
まきもくのひばらのいまだくもらねば小松が原にあは雪ぞふる
makimoku no
hibara mo imada
kumoraneba
komatsu ga hara ni
awayuki zo furu | In Makimoku
The cypress groves are as yet
Unclouded, but
Upon the dwarf-pine groves
Snow spume is falling! |
Middle Counsellor Yakamochi
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巻向之 檜原毛未 雲居者 子松之末由 沫雪流
まきむくのひはらもいまだくもゐねばこまつがうれゆあわゆきながる
makimuku no
pibara mo imada
kumowineba
komatu ga ure yu
apayuki nagaru | In Makimuku
The cypress groves are as yet
Untouched by cloud, but
From the dwarf-pines’ tops
Snow spume oes run. |
Fresh herbs in the snow.
わかなつむ衣手ぬれてかた岡のあしたのはらにあは雪ぞふる
wakana tsumu
koromode nurete
kataoka no
ashita no hara ni
awayuki zo furu | Picking fresh herbs,
My sleeves are soaked, for In
Kataoka
Upon the plain of Ashita
Falls a froth of snow. |
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On the conception of lingering cold.
さえかへり山風あるるときは木にふりもたまらぬ春の淡雪
saekaeri
yamakaze aruru
tokiwagi ni
furi mo tamaranu
haru no awayuki | Chill returns, and
The mountain winds rage,
Upon the evergreens
Falls but fails to linger,
The frothy snow of spring. |
Former Major Counsellor Tame’uji
When Spring Arrives in the Old Year 旧年立春
あは雪もまだふる年にたなびけばころまどはせるかすみとぞみる
awayuki mo
mada furu toshi ni
tanabikeba
koro madowaseru
kasumi to zo miru | Snow spume
Still within the old year
Does trail across the skies, so
Confused about the season
Do the hazes seem to be! |
Toshiyori
風の間に散る淡雪のはかなくてところどころに降るぞわひしき
kaze no ma ni
tiru aFayuki no
Fakanakute
tokorodokoro ni
Furu zo wabisiki |
In the breeze
Scatter soft snow flurries
So brief that
Its intermittent
Fall is sad, indeed… |
Composed on the conception of lingering snow, for the Hundred Poem Sequences Commemorating the Reign of Former Emperor Horikawa.
かすがのゝしたもえわたるくさのうへにつれなくみゆる春のあは雪
kasugano no
shitamoewataru
kusa no ue ni
tsurenaku miyuru
haru no awayuki |
On the plain at Kasuga
Sprouting freshly everywhere are
Grasses, but atop them
Heartlessly, I see
The foamy snow of spring! |
Provisional Middle Councillor Kunizane
'Simply moving and elegant'
