When the same former Emperor [Koichijō] had gone to reside with the Takamatsu Consort, and his visits to her had become intermittent, she composed this on hearing the wind blowing strongly through the pines.
松風は色や緑にふきつらむ物おもふ人の身にぞ志みぬる
| matukaze Fa iro ya midori ni Fukituramu mono’omoFu Fito no mi ni zo siminuru |
Does the wind through the pines Take on a hue of green As it blows? That one so sunk in gloomy thought It so deeply dyes… |
The Horikawa Consort 堀川女御
[Fujiwara no Nobuko/Enshi 藤原延子 (985-1019)
During the reign of former Emperor Ichijō, after Her Majesty, the Empress had passed away, when some letters were found tied with the cord that had been used to hold back her curtain of state, these were among three poems written down when His Majesty’s expression indicated he would like to see them.
夜もすがら契りし事を忘れずばこひむ涙のいろぞ床しき
| yomosugara tigirisi koto wo wasurezuba koFimu namida no iro zo yukasiki |
All throughout the night We vowed, and If I forget it not, Our tears of love’s Hue is all my longing! |
Composed for the Poetry Competition held at the Residence of Middle Councillor Toshitada.
くれなゐの濃染の衣うへにきむこひのなみたの色かくるやと
| kurenawi no kosome no koromo uFe ni kimu koFi no namida no iro kakuru ya to |
In scarlet Deeply dyed, a robe Would I put on That my tears of love’s Hue be concealed! |
Fujiwara no Akitsuna
藤原顕綱