When spring had arrived, I accompanied someone to the estate at Shiga, who had gone there due to a directional taboo, and seeing the haze over Meeting Hill…
わきてけふあふさか山のかすめるはたちおくれたる春やこゆらん
wakite kyō ausakayama no kasumeru wa tachi’okuretaru haru ya koyuran Particularly, today,
When Middle Counsellor Minamoto no Noboru was Assistant Governor of Ōmi, she composed this and sent it to him.
相坂のゆふつけ鳥にあらばこそ君がゆききをなくなくも見め
aFusaka no At Meeting Hill
[Palace Lady] Kan’in
On warblers on the road to the barrier, while at the Poetry Office.
鶯のなけどもいまだふる雪に杉の葉しろき逢坂の山
uguisu no The warbler
The Senior Retired Emperor [Gotoba]
あふさかの関の山みちこえわびぬ昨日も今日も雪しつもれば
ausaka no seki no yamamichi koewabinu kinō mo kyō mo yuki shi tsumoreba At Meeting Hill
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会坂の関屋もいづらやましなの音羽の滝の音にききつつ
ausaka no sekiya mo izura yamashina no otowa no taki no oto ni kikitsutsu Meeting Hill’s
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音羽山やまおろし吹きてあふ坂の関の小川はこほりわたれり
otowayama yama’oroshi fukite ausaka no seki no ogawa wa kōriwatareri From Mount Otowa
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あふさかのせきの関屋の板びさしまばらなればや花のもるらん
ausaka no seki no sekiya no itabisashi mabara nareba ya hana no moruran At Meeting Hill
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相坂のあらしの風にちる花をしばしとどむる関守ぞなき
ausaka no arashi no kaze ni chiru hana o shibashi todomuru sekimori zo naki On Meeting Hill
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名にしおはばいざ尋ねみん逢坂の関路ににほふ花はありやと
na ni shi owaba iza tazunemin ausaka no sekiji ni niou hana wa ari to ya If your name holds true, then
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Blossom on the way to a barrier.
たづねみるかひはまことに逢坂の関路ににほふ花にぞ有りける
tazune miru kai wa makoto ni ausaka no sekiji ni niou hana ni zo arikeru Paying a visit here
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