Composed as a Love poem, when His Majesty commanded a hundred poem sequence.
いまはただおさふる袖も朽ち果てて心のままにおつる涙か
| ima Fa tada osaFuru sode mo kutiFatete kokoro no mama ni oturu namida ka |
Now, simply Have my wave-dashed sleeves Rotted all away; Is there nothing in my heart But dripping tears? |
Fujiwara no Suemichi
藤原季通
Part of a hundred-poem sequence, composed in the conception of the start of autumn.
このねぬるよのまに秋はきにけらしあさけの風のきのふにもにぬ
| kono nenuru yo no ma ni aki wa kinikerashi asake no kaze no kinō ni mo ninu | While I slept, In one night’s space, Autumn Has come, it seems: Dawn’s breezes Are not as those of yesterday. |
Fujiwara no Suemichi
Composed as a firefly poem, when he presented a hundred-poem sequence.
昔わがあつめし物を思ひ出てみなれがほにも來る螢かな
| mukasi wa ga atumesi mono wo omoFi’idete minaregaFo ni mo kuru Fotaru kana |
In my youth I Gathered them– How well I do recall The familiar sight Of approaching fireflies. |
Fujiwara no Suemichi