From the Minase 15 Love Poem Poetry Competition.
思いる身はふかくさのあきのつゆたのめしすゑやこがらしの風
| omoiiru mi wa fukakusa no aki no tsuyu tanomeshi sue ya kogarashi no kaze |
Dwelling on my thoughts At Fukakusa, deep among the grasses, The autumn’s dewfall comes With your broken promises? Or the chill and bitter wind… |
Fujiwara no Ietaka
藤原家隆
Composed when he was ordered to produce a fifty poem sequence for Priest-Prince Shukaku.
あけぬるか衣手さむしすがはらやふしみのさとの秋のはつ風
| akenuru ka koromode samushi sugawara ya fushimi no sato no aki no hatsukaze |
Has it dawned? Oh, my sleeves are chill! In the village of Fushimi In Sugawara With the first breeze of autumn… |
Fujiwara no Ietaka
藤原家隆
When he presented a hundred-poem sequence.
よしのがはきしの山ぶきさきにけりみねのさくらはちりはてぬらん
| yoshinogawa kishi no yamabuki sakinikeri mine no sakura wa chirihatenuran |
By the river Yoshino The globeflowers on the bank Have come into bloom; On the peak the cherries Have likely all completely fallen. |
Fujiwara no Ietaka
藤原家隆
When he presented fifty poems.
さくら花夢かうつゝか白雲のたえてつねなきみねの春風
| sakurabana yume ka utsutsu ka shirakumo no taete tsune naki mine no haru kaze |
O, cherry blossom, I wonder were you dream or truth? Clouds of white Vanish with a sudden Breeze of spring around the peak. |
Fujiwara no Ietaka
藤原家隆
When he presented a hundred poem sequence.
むめがゝにむかしをとへば春の月こたへぬかげぞ袖にうつれる
| mume ga ka ni mukashi o toeba haru no tsuki kotaenu kage zo sode ni utsureru |
In the scent of plum Lie unanswered questions from long ago- The Spring moon Makes no response as its light Shines on my sleeves. |
Fujiwara no Ietaka
藤原家隆