When he had gone to Kibune, he wrote this on the fence surrounding the shrine.
思ふ事なる河上に跡垂れて貴船は人を渡す也けり
| omoFu koto naru kaFa kami ni atotarete kibune Fa Fito wo watasu narikeri |
The focus of my thoughts Are the river’s upper flows, Where incarnated The deity at Kibune, folk Transports. |
Fujiwara no Tokifusa
藤原時房
祈事を聞かず洗ふる神だにも今日は夏越と人は知らなむ
| negigoto wo kikazu araFuru kami dani mo keFu Fa nagosi to Fito Fa siranamu |
Prayers Unheeding, and bathing Are the gods themselves; That this day is the summer purification Do all folk know! |
Minamoto no Shitagō
源順
Composed for the chief priest at the same shrine, on praying to the deities for love.
天下る神の印のありなしをつれなき人の行方にてみん
| ama kudaru kami no shirushi no arinashi o tsurenaki hito no yukue nite min |
Descending from heaven Deities, a sign Provide me and That heartless girl’s Location reveal! |
Saigyō
西行
五月雨の－黄昏時は－月影の－朧けにやは－我が人を待つ
| samidare no tasogaredoki Fa tukikage no oboroke ni ya Fa wa ga Fito o matu |
Drizzle at The hour of dusk Makes the moonlight Mistily uncertain As I await my man… |
Ōshikōchi no Mitsune
凡河内躬恒
Composed on the beginning of love.
無名たつ人だに世にはある物を君戀る身と知られぬぞうき
| nakina tatu Fito dani yo ni Fa aru mono wo kimi koFuru mi to sirarenu zo uki |
Baseless rumours rise Of folk in this world – That happens, but That I love you Goes unknown is painful, indeed! |
Jitsugen
実源
人わたす三世の仏の名を聞けば昔罪も今や消ゆらむ
| hito watasu miyo no hotoke no na o kikeba mukashi no tsumi mo ima ya kiyuramu |
All folk The three worlds’ Buddhas’ Names hear, and Even sins from days long gone Have now vanished all away. |
Higo, from the Residence of the Kyōgoku Regent
京極関白家肥後
小夜更けて今ぞ法の師出でぬらむ 雲の上人名乗りすらしも
| sayo fukete ima zo nori no shi idenuramu kumo no uebito nanori surashi mo |
The brief night breaks, and Now, the recitation Does seem to emerge; Folk from above the clouds Presenting their own names… |
Minamoto no Kanemasa
源兼昌
今日ごとに菊を薬とする人は千年のなかはすぐといふなり
| kyō goto ni kiku o kusuri to suru hito wa chitose no naka wa sugu to iu nari |
Every year today Chrysanthemums for medicine Do people take, that A thousand years together And more will they have, they say. |
Minamoto no Nakazane
源仲実
濡れ衣と人にいはすな菊の花齢延ぶとぞ我そぼちつる
| nureginu to Fito ni iFasu na kiku no Fana yoFaFi nobu to zo ware sobotituru |
That you have no effect – Give folk no cause to say it, O chrysanthemum blooms! Saying you’ll prolong my years I am drenched right through! |
百年を人に留むる玉なればあだにやは見る菊の上の露
| momotose wo Fito ni todomuru tama nareba ada ni ya Fa miru kiku no uFe no tuyu |
A century For folk is halted By these gems, so Can I look lightly on Dewdrops upon chrysanthemums? |
Ki no Tsurayuki
紀貫之