When Fujiwara no Toshiyuki died, Tomonori composed this and sent it to his house.
寢ても見ゆ寢でも見てけり大方はうつせみの世ぞ夢にはありける
| netemo miyu nedemo mitekeri oFokata Fa utusemi no yo zo yume ni Fa arikeru |
In my sleep he appears; Even unsleeping do I feel I see him; All Is a fleeting world Within a dream. |
Ki no Tomonori
紀友則
秋津野を人の懸くれば朝撒きし君が思ほえて嘆きはやまず
| akiduno wo pitö nö kakureba asa makisi kimi ga omopoete nagëki pa yamazu |
“Akizu Field”: When folk say the words, That in the morn I scattered You comes back to me And my grief ends not. |
Laments.
鏡なす我が見し君を阿婆の野の花橘の玉に拾ひつ
| kagami nasu wa ga misi kimi wo aba nö no nö pana tatibana nö tama ni piripitu |
As a mirror Did I see you once Now on the field of Aba In orange blossom Gems I pick you up |
畑子らが夜晝といはず行く道を我れはことごと宮道にぞする
| patakora ga yoru piru tö ipazu yuku miti wo ware pa kötögötö miyadi ni zö suru |
The conscripts Say not, “Morn and night,” As they pass along the road, But every one of us Follows the path of service. |
けころもを時かたまけて出でましし宇陀の大野は思ほえむかも
| këkörömo wo töki katamakete idemasisi uda nö opono pa omopoemu ka mo |
Unpicking clothes The time draws near; Where once we set forth Upon the great field of Uda – I remember it well. |
眞木柱太き心はありしかどこの我が心鎭めかねつも
| makïbasira putoki kökörö pa arisikadö könö a ga kökörö sidumekanetu mo |
Fine wood pillars Girth my heart Supported, yet This heart of mine Cannot be relieved. |