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MYS VIII: 1596

A poem by Ōtomo no sukune Yakamochi when he arrived at a maiden’s gate.

妹家之 門田乎見跡 打出来之 情毛知久 照月夜鴨

いもがいへの かどたをみむと うちいでこし こころもしるく てるつくよかも

imo ga ipe no
kadota wo mimu to
uti’idekosi
kokoro mo siruku
teru tukuyo kamo
My darling’s house has
Rice fields before its door—to see them
Have I come,
My heart brightened on
A shining moonlit night!
A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

KYS III: 173

Composed on the topic of ‘autumn wind at a hut in the fields’, when he had gone with various people to Lord Morokata’s residence at Unozu.

ゆふさればかどたのいなばおとづれてあしのまろやにあきかぜぞ吹く

yū sareba
kadota no inaba
otozurete
ashi no maroya ni
akikaze zo fuku
When the evening comes
The rice-seedling fronds before my door
Sound out—
Around this reed-roofed hut
The autumn wind is blowing.

Middle Councellor Tsunenobu

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

KYS III: 215

Composed on the moon at dawn at a mountain retreat.

やまざとのかどたのいねのほのぼのとあくるもしらず月を見るかな

yamazato no
kadota no ine no
Fonobono to
akuru mo sirazu
tuki o miru kana
At a mountain retreat, that
The rice seedlings in the paddy ‘fore my gate
Are dimly
Brightening, I know not, for
My gaze is on the moon!

Middle Counsellor Akitaka
中納言顕隆