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山ぶきはあやなな咲きそ花みんと植へけむきみがこよひ来なくに
| yamabuki Fa aya na na saki so Fana min to uFekemu kimi ga koyoFi konaku ni | O, kerria, Do not pointlessly burst into blossom! Hoping that he would see your blooms I planted you, yet he Tonight comes not… |
Anonymous
A party of ladies on their way home from Shiga came into the precincts of the Kazan temple and stood for a while beneath the wisteria; when they had gone, he composed this and sent it to them.
よそに見てかへらん人にふぢの花はひまつはれよ枝はおるとも
| yoso ni mite kaFeran Fito ni Fudi no Fana FaFimatuFare yo eda Fa oru tomo | A casual glance, and Then those girls are gone; O, wisteria blooms, Twine around and hold them here, Though your branches break… |
Archbishop Henjō
Composed after seeing some faded flowers.
花見れば心さへにぞうつりける色には出でじ人もこそしれ
| Fana mireba kokoro saFe ni zo uturikeru iro ni Fa ideji Fito mo koso sire | When I see these blooms Even my heart Does droop No tint must show upon my face, yet Others surely know… |
Mitsune
A poem from the Poetry Competition held in the reign of the Kanpyō Empress.
谷風にとくる氷のひまごとに打いづる波や春のはつ花
| tanikaze ni tokuru koFori no Fimagoto ni uti’iduru nami ya Faru no FatuFana |
In the valley’s breezes Does melt the ice, and From every crack Do burst waves – are these The first blooms of spring? |
Minamoto no Masazumi
源当純
On wind.
萩の花咲きたる野辺にひぐらしの鳴くなるなへに秋の風吹く
| pagi no pana sakitaru nobe ni pigurasi no nakunaru nape ni aki no kaze puku |
Bush clover blooms Flowering in the fields where While the evening cicadas Sing Blows the autumn wind. |
Anonymous
Composed on the figure of a person waiting at the foot of a chrysanthemum.
花見つつ人待つときは白栲の袖かとのみぞあやまたれける
| Fana mitutu Fito matu toki Fa shirotaFe no sode ka to nomi zo ayamatarekeru | While gazing at the blooms, Awaiting his arrival, Simply for white mulberry Sleeves have I Mistaken them… |
Tomonori
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This poem was included in Kokinshū (V: 274).
A chrysanthemum from the beach at Fukiage in the province of Ki.
秋風の吹上に立てる白菊は花かあらぬか波のよするか
| akikaze no Fukiage ni tateru siragiku Fa Fana ka aranu ka nami no yosuru ka | In the autumn breeze Gusting at Fukiage Are the white chrysanthemums Blooms, or are the not, and just The breaking waves? |
The Suga Prime Minister [Sugawara no Michizane]
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This poem was included in Kokinshū (V:272), where it has a somewhat longer and more explanatory headnote.
The Chrysanthemum Match during the reign of the Kanpyō Emperor.
The Gentlemen of the Left. For the chrysanthemum in the initial round, Kotategimi, a young courtier lad, was dressed as a woman, and brought in the flower, hiding his face with it. A further nine blooms were planted in a suhama. The form of the suhama was certainly very charming. The chrysanthemums had their names written on long strips of paper, which were twined about them in places to show them to their best advantage.
Initial Round: a chrysanthemum from Minase in Yamazaki
うちつけに水瀬は匂ひまされるをり人からか花の常かも
| uchituke ni minase Fa nioFi masareru wori Fito kara ka Fana no tune kamo | Suddenly Minase, with scent Superb is filled – Is it from a lady there, or Are the blooms ever so? |
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Love in the middle of the day.
契りおきしほどは近くやなりぬらむしをれにけりな朝顔の花
| tigiri okisi Fodo Fa tikaku ya narinuramu siworenikeri na asagaFo no Fana |
Does our promised Time seem to Draw near? All drooping are The morning glory blooms… |