Composed as a Love poem, when she was at a poetry match.
見せばやなをじまのあまの袖だにもぬれにぞぬれし色はかはらず
| miseba ya na ojima no ama no sode dani mo nure ni zo nureshi iro wa kawarazu | O, how I would show you that On Ojima Isle, the fisherfolks’ Sleeves Soaked though they may be Have unchanged hues, but…[i] |
Inpumon’in no Taifu
[i] This poem functions as a response to GSIS XIV: 827, by Minamoto no Shigeyuki.
Composed on the conception of the evening of the year by the sea, at the residence of the Tsuchimikado Palace Minister.
ゆくとしをゝじまのあまのぬれ衣かさねて袖になみやかくらん
| yuku toshi o ojima no ama no nuregoromo kasnete sode ni nami ya kakuran | The parting year covers me with Regret, as at Ojima the fisherfolk’s Drenched robes are Laid atop each other, with sleeves Still washed by waves, it seems… |
Fujiwara no Ari’ie
A travel poem for a fifty poem sequence composed for the Monk-Prince Shukaku.
たちかへり又もきて見ん松島やをじまのとまや浪にあらすな
| tachi kaeri mata mo kite min matsushima ya ojima no tomaya nami ni arasu na |
Rising, falling, leaving, departing To come once again to see In Matsushima, Ojima where my hut- I would not have the wave wash it away. |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office Toshinari
藤原俊成