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? |
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Shitagō-shū unnumbered
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
Kyūan hyakushu 304
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
Gengenshū 33
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
SIS VI: 319
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
Love VI: 21
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.
Eikyū hyakushu 155
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
MYS VIII: 1498
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? |
MYS II: 146
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.
MYS XVI: 3835
A poem presented to Imperial Prince Niitabe.
勝間田の池は我れ知る蓮なししか言ふ君が鬚なきごとし
| katumata no ike pa ware siru patisu nasi sika ipu kimi ga pige naki gotosi |
Katsumata Pond, I do know well: It has no lotus; And you say so, my Lord, Have no beard, either! |
A certain person has told me they had heard the following about this poem: Prince Niitabe had left the precincts of the capital for a pleasure trip and, on seeing Kasumata Pond, was deeply moved. On his return, his interest in the pond did not abate. Then, he said to a lady, ‘If you saw Katsumata Pond, where I went today, words could not describe the sight of the light reflecting brilliantly from the surface of the waters, and special beauty of the lotus flowers, which were in full bloom.’ Then the lady composed this humourous poem and sang it to him.