Bird cherry.
ゆきふかきかきねのむめのいかにしてなほうづもれぬかにはさくらん
| yuki fukaki kakine no mume no ika ni shite nao uzumorenu ka ni wa sakuran | Deep with the snow is The plum blossom by my brushwood fence: O, what will become of it— Still buried Will its fragrance bloom forth? |
The Former Kinugasa Minister of the Centre [Kinugasa no Ieyoshi 衣笠家良 (1192-1264)]
衣笠前内大臣
Summer
Round Four
Left
匂ふよりここちあだなる花ゆゑにのどけきはるの風もうらみじ
| niou yori kokochi adanaru hana yue ni nodokeki haru no kaze mo uramiji | From their fragrance Fickle feelings Do these blossoms have, so Peaceful spring’s Breezes I would likely not resent. |
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Right (Win)
夏の夜のぬるほどもなく明けぬればあしたのまをぞかこちよせつる
| natsu no yo no nuru hodo mo naku akenureba ashita no ma o zo kakochiyosetsuru | On a summer night I’ve lacked time to sleep, and Dawn has come, so I’ll do it on the morrow— That is my excuse! |
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After Prince Tametaka, Commissioner of the Board of Censors, had died, Prince Atsumichi, Governor-General of Dazai, sent her some orange blossom, and so she sent him this, wondering how she should view the gift:
かをる香によそふるよりは時鳥来かばやおなじ声やしたると
| kaworu ka ni yosoFuru yori Fa Fototogisu kikaba ya onazi kowe ya sitaru to | Scenting their fragrance In place of his – rather The cuckoo I would hear, wondering if his call Is just the same… |
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部