The Path Across the Shiga Mountains (志賀山越)
しがのやま心晴にぞこえつれどかすみにさへもまよひぬるかな
| shiga no yama kokoro hare ni zo koetsuredo kasumi ni sae mo mayoinuru kana | In the Shiga Mountains How carefree I am When crossing, yet Still within the hazes Have I gone astray! |
Toshiyori
Spring Dawn
あまの戸をほのかにあけて弛屋の野の霞と友に立ちぞやすらふ
| ama no to o honoka ni akete koya no no no kasumi to tomo ni tachi zo yasurau | The door to Heaven Opens but a bit, and On the plains at Koya In company with the misty haze Do I hesitate to rise. |
Akinaka
Left
けふも猶雪はふりつつ春霞たてるやいづこ若菜つみてむ
| kyō mo nao yuki wa furitsutsu harugasumi tateru ya izuko wakana tsumitemu |
Still yet, today Is the snow falling; O, spring haze Where do you arise? For I would go and pluck fresh herbs! |
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In no hyakushu, shodo, Eighth Month Shōji 2 [September 1200]
Right
朝氷たがため分て此川のむかへの野べに若菜つむらん
| asagōri ta ga tame wakete kono kawa no mukae no nobe ni wakana tsumuran |
This film of morning ice: For who’s sake do I break it? On this river’s Yonder side within the fields Would I pluck fresh herbs… |
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Naidaijinke hyakushu, Ninth Month Kenpō 3 [October 1215]
Composed as a poem on haze.
見渡せばそこと印の杉もなし霞のうちや三輪の山本
| miwataseba soko to sirusi no sugi mo nasi kasumi no uti ya miwa no yamamoto |
When I gaze across As sentinels there No cedars stand; Are you within the haze, O, Miwa Mountain’s foot? |
Captain of the Middle Palace Guards, Left Division, [Fujiwara no] Takafusa
左兵衛督隆房
A poem composed after the cremation of Cloistered Retired Emperor En’yū at Murasakino, when recalling how His Majesty had travelled there for the Day of the Rat the year before.
紫野雲のかけても思ひきや春の霞になして見むとは
| murasaki no kumo no kaketemo omoFiki ya Faru no kasumi ni nasite mimu to Fa |
At Murasakino Clouds covering all Did I recall? The haze of spring Have they become when I see them now… |
Major Captain of the Left [Fujiwara no] Asamitsu
左大将[藤原]朝光
Composed on something he had seen once.
三島野に霞たなびきしかすがに昨日も今日も雪は降りつつ
| misimano ni kasumi tanabiki sikasuga ni kinopu mo kepu mo yuki pa puritutu |
Across Mishima Plain Trails haze Yet even so Yesterday, and today, too, The snow is falling. |
Ōtomo no Yakamochi
Composed when it was said that a poetry competition was to be held at the residence of the Ninna Middle Captain Lady of the Bedchamber.
花のちることやわびしき春霞たつたの山のうぐひすのこゑ
| Fana no tiru koto ya wabisiki Farugasumi tatuta no yama no uguFisu no kowe |
The falling of the flowers Is sad, indeed; In the spring haze On Tatsuta Mountain A warbler cries… |
Fujiwara no Chikage
さいたづままだうら若きみ吉野の霞がくれに雉子鳴くなり
| saitaduma mada urawakaki miyosino no kasumigakure ni kigisu nakunari |
The fleeceflower is Yet fresh and green In fair Yoshino, where Hidden in the haze The pheasants call. |
中空に雪もやられずおぼつかな霞はれせぬ志賀の山越
| nakazora ni yuki mo yararezu obotsukana kasumi haresenu shiga no yamagoe |
In the centre of the skies There is no snow at all, but Hidden Ever in the haze is The path across the Shiga Mountains. |
たちわたる峯の霞はもろともに志賀の 山越するにやあるらむ
| tachiwataru mine no kasumi wa morotomo ni shiga no yamagoe suru ni ya aruramu |
Rising all around Do the hazes on the peak All together Along the path across the Shiga Mountains Find their way, I wonder? |