春の霞いへたちいでてゆきにけんきぎすたつ野をやきてけるかな
haru no kasumi ie tachi’idete yukiniken kigisu tatsu no o yakitekeru kana With the haze of spring
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をみなへし 野辺の古郷おもひいでて宿れる虫の声やこひしき
ominaeshi nobe no furusato omoi’idete yadoreru mushi no koe ya koishiki A maidenflower’s
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[i] Motozane-shū (63) with the headnote ‘Maidenflowers’ (ominaeshi 女郎花).
そめ河にやどかる浪のはやければなき名立つとも今は怨みじ
somekaFa ni Upon the Somé River
Minamoto no Shigeyuki
When His Excellency, Kintsugu, in response to an imperial command, made a pilgrimage to the Grand Shrine, on the occasion of his return, this was sent to him from among the court ladies attending the Ise Virgin.
うれしさもあはれもいかにこたへまし古郷人に問はれましかば
ureshisa mo Of my joy, and
Anonymous
Composed on warblers.
うちきらし雪はふりつつしかすがにわが家のそのに鶯ぞなく
utikirasi All is darkened by
Ōtomo no Yakamochi
あしびきの山よりおくにやどもがな年のくまじきかくれがにせむ
ashihiki no yama yori oku ni yado mogana toshi no kumajiki kakurega ni semu Deeper than the leg-wearying
397
My reply:
ぬししれと引きける駒の雪を分けばかしこき跡にかへれとぞ思ふ
nushi shire to hikikeru koma no yuki o wakeba kashikoki ato ni kaere to zo omou ‘Know your master!’
387
I wrote this myself and sent it with Naitō Tomochika, Secretary of the Bureau of Horses, having selected him as a trustworthy individual.
Waiting for a man amidst the snow.
けふもまたひとりながめてくれにけりたのめぬやどの庭の白雪
kyō mo mata hitori nagamete kurenikeri tanomenu yado no niwa no shirayuki Today, once more, again
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もみぢばは道もなきまで散りしきぬわがやどをとふ人しなければ
momijiba wa michi mo naki made chirishikinu wa ga yado o tou hito shi nakereba Scarlet leaves—
Insects at an ancient estate
たのめこし人だにとはぬふる郷にたれ松むしのよはに鳴くらん
tanomekoshi hito dani towanu furusato ni tare matsumushi no yowa ni nakuran Him, I trusted, but
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