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
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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
'Simply moving and elegant'