On scarlet ivy, clinging to a pine tree overlooking the ocean.
紅葉する蔦しかかればおのづから松もあたなる名ぞ立ちぬべき
| momidisuru tuta sika kareba onodukara matu mo adanaru na zo tatinubeki |
Turning scarlet, The ivy does entangle it, so That it’s done it by itself, Will the pine a certain Reputation achieve! |
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部
After Prince Tametaka, Commissioner of the Board of Censors, had died, she sent Prince Atsumichi, Governor-General of Dazai, some orange blossom, and when he asked what they meant, sent him:
かをる香によそふるよりは時鳥来かばやおなじ声やしたると
| kaworu ka ni yosoFuru yori Fa Fototogisu kikaba ya onazi kowe ya sitaru to |
Scenting their fragrance In place of his – rather The cuckoo I would hear, for his call Is just the same… |
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部
When the house of Bishop Mokuban burnt down, I sent a message, with this, to his mother.
出でにける門のほかをし知らぬ身は問ふべき程もさたすきにけり
| idenikeru kado no Foka wo si siranu mi Fa toFubeki Fodo mo sada suginikeri |
Departed Through that other gate have you, while In ignorance, I, When I should have known, Have passed my time. |
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部
Topic unknown.
けふもまたかくや伊吹のさしも草さらばわれのみ燃えやわたらん
| kyō mo mata kaku ya ibuki no sashimogusa saraba ware nomi moe ya wataran |
Today, once more, Will you be so cruel? One of Mount Ibuki’s Plants aflame I am not, yet is it I alone Who yet burns with passion? |
Izumi Shikibu
Topic Unknown.
潮のまによもの浦々尋ぬれどいまはわが身のいふかひもなし
| siFo no ma ni yomo no uraura tadunuredo ima Fa wagami no iFukaFi mo nasi |
Within the tide-space All along the beaches Do I seek, yet No, it does Avail me not. |
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部