Composed as a poem on blossom.
桜咲く比良の山風吹くままに花になりゆく志賀の浦浪
| sakura saku Fira no yamakaze Fuku mama ni Fana ni nariyuku siga no uranami |
Cherries flower on Hira Mountain while Breezes blow All turned to blossom are The waves on Shiga’s shore. |
Middle Captain of the Inner Palace Guards, Left Division, [Fujiwara no] Yoshitsune
左近中将良経
Composed as a poem on haze.
見渡せばそこと印の杉もなし霞のうちや三輪の山本
| miwataseba soko to sirusi no sugi mo nasi kasumi no uti ya miwa no yamamoto |
When I gaze across As sentinels there No cedars stand; Are you within the haze, O, Miwa Mountain’s foot? |
Captain of the Middle Palace Guards, Left Division, [Fujiwara no] Takafusa
左兵衛督隆房
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 sono oFotake Fa kakurene to naFo midu nomi Fa nagarete zo Furu |
Hie Mountain: Its might peak Is not concealed, and yet, And yet, waters alone Flow ever downwards… |
Minamoto no Toshiyori
源俊頼
Sent to a lady at the beginning.
木葉散る山の下水埋もれて流れもやらぬ物をこそ思へ
| ko no Fa tiru yama no sitamidu udumorete nagare mo yaranu mono wo koso omoFe |
Leaves fall from the trees, and On the mountain, streams Buried Cease their flow, As all my thoughts are set on you… |
Eikaku
叡覚
時雨つつ吹く山風に椎柴の枝はなひけど色は変らず
| shiguretsutsu fuku yama kaze ni shiishiba no eda wa nabikedo iro wa kawarazu |
Showers mixed with Gusting mountain winds The brushwood Branches bend down yet They show no change of hue. |
Minamoto no Kanemasa
源兼昌
いつとなく葉がへぬ山の椎柴に人の心をなすよしもがな
| itsu to naku hagaenu yama no shiishiba ni hito no kokoro o nasu yoshi mogana |
If only the ever Unchanging leaves on the mountain Brushwood Her heart could Somehow become! |
Minamoto no Nakazane
源仲実
Topic unknown.
鷂のと帰る山の椎柴の葉がへはすとも君はかへせじ
| hashitaka no tokaeru yama no shiishiba no hagae wa su tomo kimi wa kaeseji |
Sparrowhawks Fly back and forth on the moutain where The brushwood Changes its leaves, yet You will ever be true. |
Anonymous
Sent to the house of someone who had gone to Shinano.
月影は飽かず見るとも更級の山の麓に長居すな君
| tukikage Fa akazu miru tomo sarasina no yama no Fumoto ni nagawisu na kimi |
The moonlight can Never sate your gaze, but In Sarashina At the mountain’s foot Stay not too long, my lord! |
Ki no Tsurayuki
紀貫之
小笹原玉ぬく露を見る折りはしばしな吹きそ山颪の風
| ozasaFara tama nuku tuyu wo miru wori Fa sibasi na Fuki so yama orosi no kaze |
The groves of young broad-leaved bamboo Gem-strung with dew Do seem – for that time Briefly blow not, O, wind from off the mountains! |
恋ひつつも居らむとすれど遊布麻山隠れし君を思ひかねつも
| kopitutu mo woramu to suredo yupuma yama kakuresi kimi wo omopikanetu mo |
Ever in love I would that you were here, yet Yūma Moutain Has hidden you, and My longing has no effect. |