When she had been living with Prince Motonaga for some time, as an amusement the Prince tied up a box with something in it with his under-belt and, saying he would be back for it, left it lying about somewhere; after he had gone out, she was abducted and hidden away by Prince Tsune’akira, and it was only after many days and months had gone by that she returned to her former house, and sent the box, with this to Prince Motonaga.
あけてだに何にかは見む水の江の浦島の子を思ひやりつつ
akete dani
Even should I open it
Nakatsukasa
思ひ知るうき三島江の水なれば行けども行かれぬ心地こそすれ
omoFisiru
With my thoughts
Fujiwara no Kintō
Love on Sight
比叡の山その大嶽は隠れねど猶水のみは流れてぞ降る
Fie no yama
Hie Mountain:
Minamoto no Toshiyori
Composed on the conception of the beginning of winter at the time a hundred poem sequence was presented during the reign of Former Emperor Horikawa.
泉川水の水曲のふしづけに岩間の氷る冬は来にけり
idumigaFa
On the River Izumi
Fujiwara no Nakazane
A poem about the provinces for the enthronement ceremony in Tenroku 1 [970]: The Izumi River.
泉河のどけき水のそこ見れば今年葉陰ぞすみまさりける
idumigaFa
At Izumi River
Taira no Kanemori
泉川行く瀬の水の絶えばこそ大宮所移ろひ行かめ
idumigapa
Should the Izumi River’s
Tanabe no Fukumaro Collection
秋の月宿りし水となりぬればいづれもおなじ広沢の池
aki no tuki
When autumn moon
Left (Tie).
sanaFe yori From seedlings
Anonymous
Right.
aki no ta ni In the autumn fields
Yori’ie
いかにして真菰を刈らむ五月雨に高瀬の淀も水まさりけり
ika ni shite
What am I to do?
Minamoto no Morotoki
五月雨に畔の細道水深み田中の里は人ぞ通はぬ
samidare ni
In the drizzle
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