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GSIS XII: 672

Sent when he had returned home from a lady’s house on a day when the snow was falling.

あけぬればくるる物とはしりながらなほうらめしきあさぼらけかな

akenureba
kururu mono to Fa
sirinagara
naFo uramesiki
asaborake kana
Dawn has broken, and
That dusk will come
I know for certain, but
Still, I hate
The morning light!

Fujiwara no Michinobu

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

SKKS XIII: 1189

Sent on the morning that the Sanjō Regent Junior Consort was presented at court.

あさぼらけおきつる霜の消えかへりくれまつほどの袖を見せばや

asaborake
okitsuru shimo no
kiekaeri
kure matsu hodo no
sode o miseba ya
With dawn’s first light
The fallen frost
Vanishes away;
Waiting for the evening, for
Then would I show you my sleeves…

Former Emperor Kazan

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

SIS XIV: 912

When the Lay Priest Regent came to call and sent in to say that he was going to go away unhappy, because she had been slow in opening the gate.

なげきつつひとりぬるよのあくるまはいかに久しき物とかはしる

nagekitutu
Fitori nuru yo no
akuru ma Fa
ika ni Fisasiki
mono to ka wa shiru
Ever grieving,
Sleeping solo all night until
The gates of dawn do open:
What an eternity that is—
I wonder if you know!

The Mother of Michitsuna, Major Captain of the Right

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

SZS XVI: 994

Composed when he composed ten poems about the moon.

今よりはふけ行くまでに月はみじそのこととなく涙おちけり

ima yori Fa
Fukeyuku made ni
tuki Fa mizi
sono koto to naku
namida otikeri
From now
Until the break of dawn
I shall not look upon the moon;
For no particular reason
My tears are falling.

Lord Fujiwara no Kiyosuke

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

Teiji-in uta’awase 37

Left

夏夜のまだもねなくにあけぬれば昨日今日ともおもひまどひぬ

natsu no yo no
mada mo nenaku ni
akenureba
kinō kyō tomo
omoimadoinu
On a summer night,
Still sleep has eluded me,
When dawn breaks—
Is it yet yesterday, or today,
I wonder in confusion.

74

Right

うのはなのさけるかきねは白雲のおりゐるとこそあやまたれけれ

u no hana no
sakeru kakine wa
shirakumo no
ori’iru to koso
ayamatarekere
Deutzia flowers
Are blooming by the brushwood fence—
Clouds of white
Have descended there, I think—
How strange…

75

Teiji-in uta’awase 11

Ten Poems on the Third Month

Left (Tie)

みてかへるこころあかねばさくらばなさけるあたりにやどやからまし

mitekaeru
kokoro akaneba
sakurabana
sakeru atari ni
yado ya karamashi
Seeing you and returning home
Leaves my heart unsated,
O, cherry blossom!
In the place where you do bloom is
Where I would borrow lodging…

Okikaze
21

Right

しののめにおきてみつればさくらばなまだよをこめてちりにけるかな

shinonome ni
okite mitsureba
sakurabana
mada yo o komete
chirinikeru kana
At the edge of dawn,
When I arise to gaze upon
The cherry blossoms
Within the night’s span
Have they scattered!

Yorimoto
22

The Right’s poem was just as His Majesty said: ‘It expresses affection for the blossom through gazing and gazing upon them.’ When it was suggested to him that the work produced by Lord Sadakata and Lord Noboru conveyed the same overall impression, he took his time to consider the matter, then said, ‘In that case,’ and made the round a tie.

GYS X: 1461

When a man who had come to see her around the Eighth Month left behind his fan, which was decorated with a picture of bamboo leaves spotted with dewdrops, after some time had passed, she returned it, with this.


しののめにおきてわかれし人よりはひさしくとまる竹の葉の露

shinonome ni
okite wakareshi
hito yori wa
hisashiku tomaru
take no ha no tsuyu
At the break of dawn
He rose and left—
That man, but
Much longer lingered
Dewdrops on the bamboo leaves.

Izumi Shikibu