[One of] a number of poems composed on the occasion of an embassy to Silla, exchanged in sadness at parting, or noting emotions on voyage, or ancient poems which matched the location.
武庫の浦の入江の洲鳥羽ぐくもる君を離れて恋に死ぬべし
| muko no ura no irie no sudori pa kugumoru kimi wo panarete kopi ni sinubesi |
At the Bay of Muko Along the inlets seabirds Wrapped in wings – Parted from your embrace, my Lord, I shall die of love. |
On parting.
朝戸出の君が姿をよく見ずて長き春日を恋ひや暮らさむ
| asa tode no kimi ga sugata wo yoku mizute nagaki parupi wo kopi ya kurasamu |
In the morning, opening the door My lord’s form I could not see well, so How through this long spring day Can I live with my love? |
禊する瀬見の小川の清き瀬に君が齢を猶祈るかな
| misogisuru semi no wogaFa no kiyoki se ni kimi ga yoFaFi wo naFo inoru kana |
In cleansing Semi Stream’s Pure rapids For my Lord’s long life I will ever pray! |
Minamoto no Shitagō
源順
君が代を尾上の松にくらべむに幾代の春か逢はむとすらむ
| kimi ga yo o onoe no matsu ni kurabemu ni ikuyo no haru ka awamu to suramu |
My Lord, your reign To the pines of Onoe Will be compared! Everlastingly spring Will it encounter! |
Fujiwara no Akisuke
藤原顕輔
この頃は宮城野みにこそまじりけれ君を雄鹿の角もとむとて
| kono goro Fa miyagino ni koso mazirikere kimi wo wosika no tuno mo tomu tote |
Around this time Miyagi plain You do traverse; “My Lord, of the stags’ Antlers take heed”, I’d say! |
Minamoto no Shigeyuki
源重之
Sent to the house of someone who had gone to Shinano.
月影は飽かず見るとも更級の山の麓に長居すな君
| tukikage Fa akazu miru tomo sarasina no yama no Fumoto ni nagawisu na kimi |
The moonlight can Never sate your gaze, but In Sarashina At the mountain’s foot Stay not too long, my lord! |
Ki no Tsurayuki
紀貫之
Left (Tie).
かきくらし降りくる雨も君ならば濡るとてさらに厭はざらまし
| kakikurashi furikuru ame mo kimi naraba nuru tote sara ni itowazaramashi |
All is darkened by The falling rain, but Were that to be you, my love, I would be drenched, but It would not be unwelcome! |
Lord Kanemune.
941
Right.
ひとり寢の床にしもなど音す覧しづかたにそゝく暁の雨
| hitorine no toko ni shimo nado otosuran shizukata ni sosoku akatsuki no ame |
Sleeping solo In my bed, so why Is there the sound Of quiet dripping Dawntime rain? |
Lord Takanobu.
942
The Right state: while the Left’s poem does have a desirable sentiment, its expression is outrageous. The Left state: why, indeed, should there be a sound in the poet’s bed?
In judgement: the Left’s desirable sentiment is perfectly commonplace in poetry. The Right, with ‘dawntime rain’ (akatsuki no ame), is elegant. The poems are comparable and tie.
常よりも身にもしむかな夕されの君に扇の風の景色は
| tsune yori mo mi ni mo shimu kana yūsare no kimi ni ōgi no kaze no keshiki wa |
More than normal does It pierce my soul! At early evening, The sight of you By fan’s breeze brushed… |
Minamoto no Akinaka
A poem by the Elder Maiden of Sakanoue.
暇なみ来まさぬ君に霍公鳥我れかく恋ふと行きて告げこそ
| itoma nami kimasanu kimi ni pototogisu are kaku kopu to yukite tuge koso |
Lacking leisure My lord comes not; O, cuckoo! That I do love him so Would you go and tell him? |
A poem composed on the occasion of the Imperial visit to the province of Ki in the first year of Taihō [701].
後見むと君が結べる磐代の小松がうれをまたも見むかも
| noti mimu to kimi ga musuberu ipasiro no komatu ga ure wo mata mo mimu kamo |
Thinking to see it more The Prince did tie At Iwashiro Pine saplings’ tips – I wonder, will he see them more… |
This poem appears in the Kakinonomot no Hitomaro Collection.