A poem from the Poetry Contest held by the Empress Dowager during the reign of the Kanpyō emperor.
水の面にあやをりみだる春雨や山のみどりをなべて染むらん
| mizu no omo ni ayaori midaru harusame ya yama no midori o nabete somuran | Upon the water’s surface A confusing pattern paints The rain of spring— Will it now the mountains All dye with green, I wonder? |
Ōchikōchi no Mitsune
Waterfalls 滝
谷川やおちくる滝のしらいとを水のあやには織るにやあるらん
| tanikawa ya ochikuru taki no shira’ito o mizu no aya ni wa oru ni ya aruran | From a stream within the valley Comes tumbling a cataract of White threads: A motley pattern of water Do they seem to weave? |
Daishin
細く降る弥生の雨やいとならむ水にあやおる広沢の池
| hosuku furu yayoi no ame ya ito naramu mizu ni aya oru hirosawa no ike |
Thinly falls, The Third Month rain: Does it thread become To weave a crest upon The pond at Hirosawa? |
Kodaishin, from the Residence of the Hanazono Minister of the Left
花園左大臣家小大進
Topic uknown.
秋くれば野もせに虫の織り亂る聲の綾をば誰か着るらん
| aki kureba no mo se ni musi no orimidaru kowe no aya woba tare ka kiruran |
When the autumn comes, In the fields so full of insects, Woven all together Is a crest of song, but Who is it can put it on? |
Fujiwara no Motoyoshi
藤原元善
風のおる波のあやをや夏衣竜田川とは言ひ流すらむ
| kaze no oru nami no aya wo ya natu koromo tatutagaFa to Fa iFinagasuramu |
Does the wind weave A pattern from the waves? The summer garb Of Tatsuta River – Does it seem to say! |
Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu