Rhododendron [sakunamusa].
紫の色にはさくなむさしのの草のゆかりと人もこそ見れ
murasaki no
iro ni Fa saku na
musasino no
kusa no yukari to
Fito mo koso mire | In violet
Hues it must bloom not—
Lest on Musashi Plain
With the grasses a bond
Folk, too, imagine! |
Dharma Master Jogan
Jogan alludes to the sentiments expressed in KKS XVII: 867 here.
むさし野にことはおひなん紫の蕨は草のゆかりと思はん
musashino ni
koto wa oinan
murasaki no
warabi wa kusa no
yukari to omowan | On Musashi Plain
Growing, seeking something,
Violet
Bracken is the grass’s
Relative, I feel! |
Kawachi 河内
むさし野はまだ焼かなくに春くればいそぎもえ出づる下蕨かな
musashino wa
mada yakanaku ni
haru kureba
isogi moe’izuru
shita warabi kana | Musashi Plain
Is not yet even burnt, but
With the coming of spring
Hurriedly smouldering into bud
Beneath is bracken! |
[Minamoto no] Moroyori師頼
Composed presented to the Teishi Emperor
哀てふ人も有へく武蔵のゝ草とたにこそおふへかりけれ
aware chō
hito mo arubeku
musashi no no
kusa to dani koso
oubekarikere | A pitiful
Man, indeed, there is
Upon Musashi plain, where
With the wretched grasses
He has put down roots! |
On the moon passing over the plain, when he presented a fifty poem sequence.
行く末は空もひとつの武蔵野に草の原より出づる月影
yukusue wa
sora mo hitotsu no
musashino ni
kusa no hara yori
izuru tsukikage |
Its destination:
The skies, one with
Musashi Plain, where
From among the fields of grass
Emerges moonlight. |
The Regent and Prime Minister (Fujiwara no Yoshitsune)
'Simply moving and elegant'