When he composed a hundred-poem sequence at his home.
いかばかり身にしみぬらんたなばたのつまゝつよゐのあまの河風
| ika bakari mi ni shiminuran tanabata no tsuma matsu yoi no ama no kawa kaze |
How deeply does It pierce her breast, I wonder The Weaver Maid Awaits her man tonight In the breeze off Heaven’s River. |
The Lay Priest and Former Chancellor and Grand Minister [Fujiwara no Kanezane]
Composed as a poem in the conception of hidden Love for a hundred poem sequence when the Regent [Fujiwara no Kanezane] was Minister of the Right.
あさましや抑ふる袖の下潛る涙の末を人や見つらん
| asamasi ya wosaFuru sode no sita kuguru namida no suwe wo Fito ya mituran |
How pitiless! From my restraining sleeves, Beneath and through, slip Tears-whither bound, I wonder if she knows? |
Former Provisional Master of the Right Capital Office [Minamoto no] Yorimasa
Composed as a poem on sweet flags.
五月雨にぬれぬれひかむ菖蒲草ぬまの岩垣浪もこそ越せ
| samidare ni nurenure Fikamu ayamegusa numa no iFagaki nami mo koso kose |
In the constant drizzling rain, Soaked, let us pick Sweet-flags; Over the stony border of the marsh Waves are breaking. |
The Regent and Former Minister of the Right [Fujiwara no Kanezane]
藤原兼実