み立たしの島を見る時にはたづみ流るる涙止めぞかねつる
mitatasi nö
He once stood
朝日照る佐田の岡邊に群れ居つつ我が泣く涙やむ時もなし
asapi teru
Where the morning sun shines bright
天地とともに終へむと思ひつつ仕へまつりし心違ひぬ
amë tuti tö
“‘Til heaven and earth
夢にだに見ずありしものをおほほしく宮出もするかさ檜の隈廻を
ime ni dani
Not even in a dream
外に見し眞弓の岡も君座せば常つ御門と侍宿するかも
yösö ni misi
Seen from afar
高光る我が日の御子のいましせば島の御門は荒れずあらましを
taka terasu
High-shining,
島の宮上の池なる放ち鳥荒びな行きそ君座さずとも
sima nö miya
At the Island Palace
Twenty-three poems composed in grief and sorrow by his bodyguards and others, for His Highness, the Crown Prince.
高光る我が日の御子の萬代に國知らさまし島の宮はも
taka terasu
High shining,Island Palace .
世閒の常なきことは知るらむを心盡くすな大夫にして
yö nö naka nö
This world of ours
The above poems were composed by Yakamochi, Lord Ōtomo, in condolence with his son-in-law, [Kusumaro] the second son of Minister of the Right, of the Fujiwara Southern House, on the death of his mother. Fifth Month 27th day.
Envoys:
遠音にも君が嘆くと聞きつれば哭のみし泣かゆ相思ふ我れは
töpoto ni mo
From far away
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