After Koshikibu no Naishi had died, Izumi Shikibu had several robes which Empress Jōtōmon’in [Shōshi] had given her daughter over the years as keepsakes; when she saw notes she had made with Koshikibu, she composed:
諸共に苔の下には朽ちずして埋もれぬ名をみるぞ悲しき
| morotomo ni koke no sita ni Fa kutizu site udumorenu na wo miru zo kanasiki |
With her Beneath the moss Imperishable, and Of high renown, her name: To see it is a bitter grief. |
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部
When the earlier Nijō Minister [Fujiwara no Norimichi (996-1075)] recovered after having been ill for days, he said to her, ‘Why didn’t you ask after me?’ and she composed:
死ぬ計歎にこそは嘆きしかいきてとふべき身にしあらねば
| sinu bakari nageki ni koso Fa nagekisika ikite toFubeki mi ni si araneba |
Death alone My worry for you Might have brought me in my grief; Should one ask if you’re alive- I am not such a one. |
Koshikibu no Naishi
小式部内侍
Composed on hearing that the Nijō Former Grand Minister [Fujiwara no Norimichi (996-1075)] had first visited Koshikibu no Naishi.
人しらでねたさもねたし紫のねずりの衣うはきにもせむ
| Fito sirade netasa mo netasi murasaki no nezuri no koromo uFaki ni mo semu |
That no one knows, Makes me more jealous than jealousy; With violet Dyed clothing Plainly worn should they reveal it! |
The Horikawa Minister of the Right [Fujiwara no Yorimune]
When Koshikibu no Naishi died, Izumi Shikibu composed this looking at her grandchildren.
とゞめおきて誰をあはれと思ふらん子はまさるらん子はまさりけり
| todome okite tare wo aFare to omoFuran ko Fa masaruran ko Fa masarikeri |
Left behind, Who, fondly, do You think upon, I wonder. Worse for the children, perhaps. Worst to lose my child. |
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部