Composed at a poetry competition at Prince Koresada’s house.
なに人かきてぬぎかけしふぢばかまくる秋ごとにのべをにほはす
nani Fito ka
kite nugi kakesi
Fudibakama
kuru aki gotoni
nobe wo niFoFasu |
What manner of person
Has come, stripped off, and hung up
Purple trousers? Thoroughworts
Arrive every Autumn
Filling the fields with fragrance. |
Toshiyuki
A poem from a poetry competition at Prince Koresada’s house.
秋ののにやどりはすべしをみなへし名をむつまじみたびならなくに
aki no no ni
yadori Fa subesi
wominaFesi
na wo mutumazimi
tabi naranaku ni |
In an autumn meadow
I would lodge with
The maidenflowers–
The name is so appealing-
Though I travel not. |
Fujiwara no Toshiyuki
Composed at a poetry competition at Prince Koresada’s house.
あきはぎの花さきにけり高砂のをのへのしかは今やなくらむ
aki Fagi no
Fana sakinikeri
takasago no
onoFe no sika Fa
ima ya nakuran |
The Autumn bush clover
Blooms are in flower:
At Takasago’s
Peak, are the deer
Calling even now? |
Fujiwara no Toshiyuki
Composed at a poetry competition at Prince Koresada’s house.
秋の夜のあくるもしらずなく蟲はわがごと物やかなしかるらむ
aki no yo no
akuru mo sirazu
naku musi Fa
wa ga goto mono ya
kanasikaran |
This autumn night
Dawns, yet unaware
An insect sings on-
Just as am I,
Is he sunk in sadness? |
Fujiwara no Toshiyuki
Composed on the first day of autumn.
あききぬとめにはさやかに見えねども風のおとにぞおどろかれぬる
aki kinu to
me ni Fa sayakani
mienedomo
kaze no woto ni zo
odorokarenuru |
When autumn came
My eyes clearly
Could not see it, yet
In the sound of the wind
I felt it. |
Fujiwara no Toshiyuki
'Simply moving and elegant'