Composed on the conception of hearing a stag while moored at night.
うきねするゐなのみなとにきこゆなりしかのねおろすみねの松かぜ
| ukinesuru wina no minato ni kikoyunari sika no ne orosu mine no matukaze | In fitful sleep At Ina Harbour Do I hear A stag’s bell descending From the peaks upon the pinewinds. |
Lord Fujiwara no Takanobu
Composed in Settsu.
志長鳥 居名野乎来者 有間山 夕霧立 宿者無而
しながとりゐなのをくればありまやまゆふぎりたちぬやどりはなくて
| sinagatori winano wo kureba arimayama yupugiri tatinu yadori pa nakute | A waterbird’s long cry At Ina plain where I have come, In the Arima Mountains The evening mists have risen, and No lodging is there for me… |
Anonymous
いとどしく頼まるるかな最上川しばしばかりのいなと見つれば
| itodoshiku tanomaruru kana mogamigawa shibashi bakari no ina to mitsureba |
O, how I am Beseeched! On Mogami River For just a little while The rice – your refusal – will fill my sight, then… |
Fujiwara no Shigeyuki (? – 995)
藤原相如
This poem is also no. 17 in Shigeyuki’s personal collection, Shigeyuki-shū .