Recited aloud on the rising sun at Ōtsu beach.
きみがよはおほつのはまのまさごもてかずととるともつきじとぞ思ふ
kimi ga yo wa ōtsu no hama no masago mote kazu to toru tomo tsukiji to zo omou My Lord’s reign: though On Ōtsu beach should The fair sands Be numbered, Shall never end, I feel.
Ōe no Masafusa
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かぜさむみ伊勢のはま荻分行けばころもかりがねなみになくなり
kaze samumi ise no hama ogi wakeyukeba koromo kari ga ne nami ni naku nari The wind’s so chill, as Through the silver grass upon the beach at Ise I forge my way, that I’d borrow a robe with goose cries Sounding ‘cross the waves!
Former Middle Counsellor Masafusa
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In reply.
をとにきくたかしのはまのあだ浪はかけじや袖のぬれもこそすれ
oto ni kiku takashi no hama no adanami wa kakeji ya sode no nure mo koso sure By repute Upon Takashi Beach Break faithless waves, so Had I not better keep away? Lest my sleeves Should end up soaked!
Kii, in service to the First Princess.
In reply.
おとにきくたかしのはまのあだ浪はかけじや袖のぬれもこそすれ
woto ni kiku takasi no Fama no adanami Fa kakezi ya sode no nure mo koso sure By repute Upon Takashi Beach Break faithless waves, so Had I not better keep away? Lest my sleeves Should end up soaked!
Kii, in service to the First Princess
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From the Hundred Poem Sequences presented for former Emperor Horikawa.
うらかぜに吹上のはまの浜千鳥浪たちくらし夜半になくなり
urakaze ni fukiage no hama no hamachidori nami tachikurashi yowa ni naku nari Beach breezes Blow up Fukiage shore, where The plovers on the beach As the waves break in the darkness, Cry out with midnight.
Kii, from the Residence of Imperial Princess Sukeko
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Composed when the former Teishi Emperor made a progress to Naniwa.
君がため波の玉しくみつの浜ゆき過ぎがたしおりてひろはん
kimi ga tame nami no tamashiku mitsu no hama yukisugigatashi orite hirowan For my Lord’s sake The waves scatter gems On the beach at Mitsu— So hard it is to pass them by I would disembark and gather them up!
Prince Sadakazu
When a man who was Assistant Governor of Kii ceased to come to call, she sent this to the man’s elder sister to say how heartless this was and the sister sent this in reply, to say how she sympathized.
紀伊国の名草の浜は君なれや事のいふかひ有と聞きつる
ki no kuni no nagusa no Fama Fa kimi nare ya koto no iFukaFi ari to kikituru In the land of Ki Might consolation upon Nagusa Beach You find A shell? Saying it has some point Or so I have heard.
Anonymous
On travel. 山超而 遠津之濱之 石管自 迄吾来 含而有待
山越えて遠津の浜の岩つつじ我が来るまでにふふみてあり待て
yama koete topotu no pama no ipatutudi wa ga kuru made ni pupumite mate I cross the mountains, and Reach a distant shore; O, azalea on the crags, Until I do arrive Remain within your buds and wait for me!
Anonymous
Composed on the bridge at Nagara.
春の日のながらのはまに舟とめていづれか橋と問へどこたへぬ
haru no ni no nagara no hama ni fune tomete izure ka hashi to toedo kotaenu In the springtime sun At the beach of Nagara I halted my boat; ‘Where is the bridge?’ I Asked, yet answer came there none.
The Monk Egyō
Composed on plovers.
沖つ潮指出の磯の浜千鳥風寒からし夜半に友呼ぶ
oki tsu shio sashide no iso no hama chidori kaze samukarashi yowa ni tomo yobu From the offing the tides Strike the shore at Sashide; On the beach plovers, Chilled by the wind Call for their mates at midnight.
Supernumerary Middle Counsellor [Fujiwara no] Nagakata (1139-1191) 藤原長方
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