Composed on returning geese.
はるかすみたつを見すててゆくかりは花なきさとにすみやならへる
| Faru kasumi tatu wo misutete yuku kari Fa Fana naki sato ni sumi ya naraeru | Spring hazes Rising do they ignore – Are the departing geese In dwellings without blossom Accustomed to reside? |
Ise
伊勢
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. |