Left
篠のはにおく霜よりもひとりぬる我が衣手ぞさえまさりける
| sasa no ha ni oku simo yori mo hitori nuru wa ga koromode zo saemasarikeru | On bamboo grass leaves Settles frost, but Sleeping alone, My sleeves Are colder still by far. |
Tomonori
121[1]
Right
流れ行く水こほりぬる冬さへや猶うき草の跡はさだめぬ
| nagareyuku mizu kōrinuru fuyu sae ya nao ukikusa no ato wa sadamenu | The flowing Waters have frozen With the winter, even Still the waterweed Has left no clear trace at all. |
122
[1] Kokinshū XII: 563/Shinsen man’yōshū 159/Kokin rokujō I: 668
Left (Tie).
出でゝこし道のさゝ原しげりあひて誰ながむ覧故郷の月
| idetekoshi michi no sasawara shigeriaite tare nagamuran furusato no tsuki |
I have set out Upon the road through bamboo grass, So lush; Who, I wonder, gazes At the moon above my distant home… |
165
Right (Tie).
わくらばにとはれし人も昔にてそれより庭の跡はたえにき
| wakuraba ni towareshi hito mo mukashi nite sore yori niwa no ato wa taeniki |
A rare Visit by him: even that Lies in the past; From my garden all Traces of his tracks have gone. |
166
Left (Win).
うへしげる垣根がくれの小篠原しられぬ戀はうきふしもなし
| ueshigeru kakinegakure no ozasawara shirarenu koi wa ukifushi mo nashi |
The fertile fronds Conceal the fence within A field of bamboo grass: Knowing not of my love, she Feels not its cruel cut. |
115
Right.
夜な夜なの月も涙にくもりにき影だに見せぬ人をこふとて
| yonayona no tsuki mo namida ni kumoriniki kage dani misenu hito o kou tote |
Each and every night The moon with tears Is clouded; For one who’ll show not e’en a hint Is all that I do love. |
116
Left (Tie).
冬きては一夜二夜を玉ざゝの葉分の霜の所せきまで
| fuyu kite wa hito yo futa yo o tama zasa no hawake no shimo no tokoro seki made |
Winter has been here For but a night or two, yet Part the bamboo grass Fronds and frost Is all there is to find. |
81
Right
晴曇おなじながめのたのみだに時雨にたゆる遠の里人
| harekumoru onaji nagame no tanomi dani shigure ni tayuru ochi no satobito |
The clear sky clouding over, As I gaze lost into the distance: Even such longings Cease with the showers, O, my distant darling. |
82
夕立の晴れ行峰の雲間より入日涼しき露の玉笹
| yûdachi no hareyuku mine no kumoma yori irihi suzushiki tsuyu no tamasasa |
As evening showers Clear from the peaks From the clefts between the clouds Sunbeams are cool upon The dew-drenched bamboo grass. |
When he presented a hundred poem sequence.
あふことはかた野の里のさゝのいほしのに露ちるよはのとこかな
| au koto wa katano no sato no sasa no io shino ni tsuyu chiru yowa no toko kana |
To meet is Impossible-at the estate of Katano By a hut of bamboo grass, From the bamboo seedlings dew drips wetly Upon my bed in night’s depths. |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office Toshinari
藤原俊成
From when he presented a hundred poem sequence.
さゝの葉はみ山もさやにうちそよぎこほれる霜を吹嵐かな
| sasa no ha wa miyama mo saya ni uchisoyogi koreru shimo o fuku arashi kana |
The bamboo grass leaves On Miyama clearly Rustle: The frozen frost Blown by the storm, perhaps? |
The Regent and Grand Minister [Fujiwara no Yoshitsune] (1169 – 1206)
藤原良経