The year after his son Fukutari had died after planting some sweet-flags in the stream of their garden, when he saw them growing up.
しのべとやあやめもしらぬ心にもながからぬよのうきにうゑけん
| sinobe to ya ayame mo siranu kokoro ni mo nagakaranu yo no uki ni uweken | That I would remember him The sweet flags, too, know not, but In their hearts, as well, I wonder, That he was not long in this world, Has a seed of sorrow been planted? |
The Awata Minister of the Right
Topic unknown.
あし引の山郭公けふとてやあやめの草のねにたててなく
| asiFiki no yamaFototogisu keFu tote ya ayame no kusa no ne ni tatete naku | Leg wearying, The mountain cuckoo, Knowing today, perhaps, On the sweet-flag Roots does perch and sing. |
A composition by the Engi Emperor [Daigo]
By the Major Captain, when the Kōshin Rite fell upon the fifth Day of the Fifth Month.
夜のほどのつまとのみなるあやめをもまだ見ぬほどはいつかとぞ思ふ
| yo no Fodo no tuma to nomi naru ayame wo mo mada minu Fodo Fa ituka to zo omoFu |
All night long To the eaves wedded is A sweet-flag, Still unseen, But for how long, on this the fifth, I wonder? |
In reply, the Major Captain:
祝ふなる岩のあやめも今日よりは千代のはじめに引きはじむべき
| iFaFu naru iFa no ayame mo keFu yori Fa tiyo no Fazime ni FikiFazimubeki |
All good things, I pray, for This rock-top sweet flag: From this day forth Let a thousand years of fortune Begin to flow. |
When the Imperial Consort from the Koichijō Estate gave birth to her first son, the third night fell upon he fifth day of the Fifth Month.
岩の上のあやめや千代を重ぬらむ今日も五月の五日と思へば
| iFa no uFe no ayame ya tiyo wo kasanuramu keFu mo satuki no ituka to omoFeba |
Atop the rocks, The sweet-flag will a thousand years Endure, no doubt; For this day is the Fifth Month’s Fifth day, I’m sure. |
On the fifth day of the month, when I had last met her on the second.
逢はぬまのみぎはに生ふるあやめ草ねのみなかるゝ昨日今日かな
| aFanu ma no migiFa ni oFuru ayamegusa ne nomi nakaruru kinoFu keFu kana |
Time is a marsh without you; Sprouting by the water’s edge The sweet flags, Roots washed—in sobs alone Did I pass yesterday, and today, too. |
