Composed on the conception of a pillow scented with orange blossom.
をりしもあれ花たちばなのかをるかなむかしをみつる夢の枕に
| orishi mo are hanatachibana no kaoru kana mukashi o mitsuru yume no makura ni | In days gone by and yet now still Orange blossoms Do I scent! A love long gone I glimpse when Dreaming on my pillow. |
Fujiwara no Kinhira
Topic unknown.
風にちるはなたちばなに袖しめてわがおもふいもが手枕にせん
| kaze ni chiru hanatachibana ni sode shimete wa ga omou imo ga tamakura ni sen | Scattered on the breeze Orange blossoms’ scent Has sunk into my sleeves, So to my darling girl My arm as a pillow will I proffer. |
Fujiwara no Mototoshi
夏さはし花橘の移り香はさもあらぬ人の名も立ちぬべし
| natsu sawashi hanatachibana no utsurika wa sa mo aranu hito no na mo tachinubeshi |
In the summer shade, Orange blossoms’ Drifting scent Clings not to one who Now will certainly be mentioned! |
Minamoto no Kuninobu
源国信
皐月闇我が待つ人は来まさねと花橘の香にぞなぐさむ
| satsuki yami wa ga matsu hito wa kimasane to hanatachibana no ka ni zo nagusamu |
In the summer dark I await a man who Now says he’ll not come; The orange blossoms’ Scent will be my consolation… |
Ōe no Masafusa
大江匡房
宿ごとに花橘ぞ匂ひける人聞かずゑに風は吹けども
| yado goto ni hanatachibana zo nioikeru hito kikazue ni kaze wa fukedomo |
Round every dwelling is Orange blossoms’ Scent; Folk pay no heed, yet The breeze blows on… |
Fujiwara no Kinzane (1053-1107)
藤原公実