Composed in the conception of the beginning of Love.
君やたれありしつらさはたれなれば恨みけるさへ今はくやしき
kimi ya tare
arisi turasa Fa
tare nareba
uramikeru saFe
ima Fa kuyasiki |
And who are you?
The one who was so cruel:
Who was that? For,
That I hated you,
Now I do regret it so. |
Fujiwara no Takanobu
藤原隆信
Composed as a poem in the conception of the beginning of Love, when a hundred poem sequence was composed at the house of Fujiwara no Kanezane.
照射する端山が裾のした露や入るより袖のかくしほるらん
tomosi suru
Fa yama ga suso no
sita tuyu ya
iru yori sode no
kaku siForuran |
Lantern-bearing,
In the mountains’ hem, from
The dew below –
Since he entered, are his sleeves
As drenched as mine, I wonder? |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office [Fujiwara no] Toshinari
藤原俊成
'Simply moving and elegant'