On wisteria by a pond.
池水に梢の藤のかげみえて汀はかはるなみのいろかな
ikemizu ni In the pond waters
Ton’a (1289-1372)
An ancient temple’s bell.
波の音にうちまじりても聞えけり石山寺の入あひのかね
nami no oto ni With it the sound of waves
Kinoshite Takafumi
Topic unknown.
浦ちかく波のうちよるさざれ石のなかの思ひとしるやしらずや
ura chikaku nami uchiyoru sazare’ishi no naka no omoi to shiru ya shirazu ya Close by the shore
Ise
Composed when he had gone to the bay at Tago.
たごの浦の風ものどけき春の日は霞ぞ浪に立ちかはりける
tago no ura no Upon the bay at Tago
The Monk Dōin
Topic unknown.
岩なみの木ずゑにかかる心ちしてむすばまほしき庭の松風
iwanami no The waves breaking on the rocks,
The Monk Ken’en
Blossom falls wordlessly from the trees, while the waters flow into the souless pond.
はなも水も心なぎさやいかならむ庭に浪たつはるの木のもと
hana mo mizu mo Both the blossoms and the waters, too,
Jien
Left
住吉のきしによる波夜さへや夢のかよひ路人めよくらむ
sumiyoshi no kishi ni yoru nami yoru sae ya yume no kayoiji hitome yokuramu On Sumiyoshi’s
186
Right
夕附夜おぼろに人を見てしより天雲はれぬ心地こそすれ
yūzukuyo oboro ni hito o miteshi yori amagumo harenu kokochi koso sure On a moonlit evening
187
Left
白露ぞ霜となりける冬のよはあまの河さへ水こほりけり
shiratsuyu zo shimo to narikeru fuyu no yo wa ama no kawa sae mizu kōrikeri Silver dewdropsEven the River of Heaven’sWaters have frozen.
153
Right
冬の海に降りいる雪やそこにゐて春たつ浪の花とさくらん
fuyu no umi ni furi’iru yuki ya soko ni ite haru tatsu nami no hana to sakuran Upon the sea in winter,
154
A spring poem, from the Shōji Hundred Poem Sequences.
水茎の跡もとまらず見ゆるかな浪と雲とにかへる雁がね
mizukuki no Faint traceries on the water
Jakuren
On waterbirds, when he presented a hundred poem sequence.
うす氷猶とぢやらで池水のかものうきねをしたふ波かな
usukōri A film of ice
The Minister of the Left
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