On the morning when the messengers departed for the extraordinary Kamo Festival, she sent this to the Principal Wife of the Minister of the Left attached to the flowers used to decorate their hair.
ちはやぶるかもの河辺のふぢなみはかけてわするる時のなきかな
| tiFayaburu kamo no kaFabe no Fudinami Fa kakete wasururu toki no naki kana |
Puissant Kamo’s river shore by Wisteria waves is Washed; forgotten Never will you be! |
Hyōe
兵衛
On taking the ceremonial wine cup in the Imperial Presence on the day of the extraordinary Kamo Festival, during the Engi period.
かくてのみやむへきものかちはやぶるかもの社のよろづ世を見む
| kakute nomi yamubeki mono ka tiFayaburu kamo no yasiro no yoroduyo wo mimu |
With this simply Should it end? Puissant Kamo Shrine Will see ten thousand ages pass! |
The Sanjō Minister of the Right
(Fujiwara no Sadakata 藤原定方 (873-932))
Topic unknown.
霜置かぬ袖だにさゆる冬の夜に鴨の上毛を思ひこそやれ
| simo wokanu sode dani sayuru Fuyu no yo ni kamo no uFage wo omoFi koso yare |
Frost has not fallen On my sleeves, yet, how cold they are This winter’s night, The down-clad ducks, Come to my mind… |
Captain of the Outer Palace Guards, Right Division, [Fujiwara no] Kintō.
Her reply:
かれにけるあふひのみこそかなしけれあはれとも見ず賀茂の瑞垣
| karenikeru aFuFi nomi koso kanashikere aFare tomo mizu kamo no midugaki |
Withered A hollyhock -and our love – yes, It’s sad; But, fondly of it I do not think: Distant as the grounds of Kamo Shrine… |
Composed on hollyhocks:
いかなればそのかみ山のあふひぐさとしはふれどもふた葉なるらん
| ikanareba sono kamiyama no aoigusa toshi wa furedomo futaba naruran |
Why is it that Upon divine Kamo Hill The hollyhocks Though years do pass, Have such twofold leaves? |
Kojijū