Left (Tie).
いく世へぬかざし折けんいにしへに三輪の檜原の苔の通路
| ikuyo henu kazashi oriken inishie ni miwa no hihara no koke no kayoiji |
How many ages passed? Twigs plucked and placed in hair, Long ago In Miwa’s cypress groves, Along the moss-covered paths… |
163
Right
見ずしらずうづもれぬ名の跡やこれたなびき渡る夕暮の雲
| mizu shirazu uzumorenu na no ato ya kore tanabiki wataru yūgure no sora |
Unseen, unknown, Of an everlasting name This the only trace, Trailing across The evening sky? |
164
ぬれて干す山路の菊もある物を苔の袂はかはくまぞなき
| nurete hosu yamaji no kiku mo aru mono o koke no tamoto wa kawaku ma zo naki |
‘Drying myself, drenched On mountain paths by chrysanthemums’ Is all very well, but My sleeves of moss Are not dry for even a moment! |
限りあれば垣根の草も春にあひぬつれなき物は苔深き袖
| kagiri areba kakine no kusa mo haru ainu tsurenaki mono wa koke fukaki sode |
To all things is an end, and The plants along my latticed fence Have met with spring; yet Ever unchanged are My moss-drowned sleeves. |
In the conception of a mountain dwelling, when she presented a hundred poem sequence.
いまはわれ松のはしらのすぎのいほにとづべき物をこけふかき袖
| ima wa ware matsu no hashira no sugi no io ni tozubeki mono o koke fukaki sode |
Now, I – In pillars of pine and A cedar roofed-hut Shall remain enclosed, Moss heavy on my sleeves. |
Princess Shokushi
式子内親王
On the concpetion of the beginning of spring, when he composed a hundred poem sequence at the house of the Lay Priest and Former Regent and Grand Minister.
としくれしなみだのつらゝとけにけりこけの袖にも春やたつらん
| toshi kureshi namida no tsurara tokenikeri koke no sode ni mo haru ya tatsuran |
The year is done- Frozen tears Have melted; Even to moss-covered sleeves Does spring come, I wonder? |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office Toshinari
藤原俊成
After the death of Sada’ie’s mother, around autumn time he was staying at a temple near her grave and composed this.
まれにくる夜はもかなしき松風をたえずやこけのしたにきくらん
| mare ni kuru yo wa mo kanashiki matsu kaze o taezu ya koke no shita ni kikuran |
Rarely did I come At nights now I sorrowfully Pine trees in the wind Unceasing; with the moss Above, I wonder will I hear it? |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office Toshinari
藤原俊成