In the conception of the gods, when composing in a hundred poem sequence at the house of the Lay Priest and Former Regent and Grand Minister.
かすが野のをどろのみちのむもれ水すゑだに神のしるしあらはせ
| kasuga no no odoro no michi no mumore mizu sue dani kami no shirushi arawase |
Lost under Kasuga Fields’ Overgrown trails are Hidden waters–as am I, yet To my posterity at least may the Gods Give blessing. |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office Toshinari
藤原俊成
Sent to a woman.
かすが野のわかむらさきのすり衣しのぶのみだれかぎりしられず
| kasuga no no wakamurasaki no suri koromo shinobu no midare kagiri shirarezu |
From the fields at Kasuga The fresh violet-grass Dyes my clothes; The tumult hidden Is beyond knowing. |
Ariwara no Narihira (825-880)
在原業平
When he had gone to the festival at the Kasuga shrine, he saw a woman who had gone there to look around; finding out where she lived, he sent this to her.
春日ののゆきまをわけておひいでくる草のはつかに見えしきみはも
| kasuga no no yukima wo wakete oFiidekuru kusa no Fatuka ni miesi kimi Fa mo |
In the fields of Kasuga The fallen snow is parting, Pushed aside By new young shoots, as briefly As I caught sight of you. |
Mibu no Tadamine
壬生忠岑
Composed when she attended at the time of the birth of the Crown Prince.
峰たかきかすがの山にいづる日はくもる時なくてらすべらなり
| mine takaki kasuga no yama ni iduru Fi Fa kumoru toki naku terasuberanari |
From the lofty peak Of Mt. Kasuga This emerging sun, With never a cloud, Will, I’m certain, shed his light. |
Assistant Handmaid Fujiwara no Yoruka