On the moon by the sea, from the Poetry Office Poetry Contest.
もしほくむ袖の月かげをのづからよそにあかさぬすまのうら人
| moshio kumu sode no tsuki kage onozu kara yoso ni akasanu suma no urabito |
Scooping seaweed-salt, The moonlight on my sleeves Naturally Does not brighten the distant Folk on Suma beach. |
Sada’ie
定家
Someone who had been a childhood friend came to see her briefly after some years on about the tenth day of the Seventh Month; they raced the faint moon home, so she composed:
めぐりあひて見しやそれともわかぬまに雲がくれにしよはの月かげ
| meguriaite mishi ya sore tomo wakanu ma ni kumogakurenishi yowa no tsuki kage |
You came by, and I wondered if ’twas you, yet Before I could be sure, ‘Twas hidden in the clouds: The midnight moonlight. |
Murasaki Shikibu
紫式部
In the conception of waiting for love.
君まつとねやへもいらぬまきのとにいたくなふけそ山のはの月
| kimi matsu to neya e mo iranu maki no to ni itaku na fuke so yama no ha no tsuki |
Awaiting you I’ll not enter my bed; Upon my cedarwood door Strike not so hard, O, moonlight from the mountains’ edge. |
Princess Shokushi
式子内親王
Topic unknown.
わするなよやどるたもとはかはるともかたみにしぼるよはの月かげ
| wasuru na yo yadoru tamoto wa kawaru tomo katami ni shiboru yowa no tsuki kage |
Do not forget! The sleeves they rest upon May change, yet ‘Tis rembrance you’ll wring out With this night’s moonlight. |
Sada’ie
定家
When the Regent and Grand Minister had fifty poems on the moon composed at his house.
さむしろやまつよの秋の風ふけて月をかたしくうぢのはしひめ
| samushiro ya matsu yo no aki no kaze fukete tsuki o katashiku uji no hashihime |
Chill, this thin straw mat; Awaiting through the night as the Autumn Wind blows stronger, Moonlight falling all around, My maid at Uji Bridge. |
Sada’ie
定家