□□さとにをしみぞとむるきくのはな霜にうつろふいろをみむとか
| …sato ni oshimi zo tomuru kiku no hana shimo ni utsurou iro o mimu to ka | Around my … estate Regrets linger for The chrysanthemum blooms, Fading beneath the frost Would I see their hues, I wonder? |
Masau[1]
19
ももしきにうつろふいろははつしものおきてかひあるこよひなりけり
| momoshiki ni utsurou iro wa hatsushimo no okite kai aru koyoi narikeri | Within the hundred-fold palace Fading hues with First frost’s Fall have some significance Tonight. |
Nakatsura[2]
20
[1] Possibly Taira no Masau 平將文
[2] Possibly Minamoto no Nakatsura 源仲連
ももしきにをしみとめたるきくのはないくたびおかむ霜にうつらん
| momoshiki ni oshimi tometaru kiku no hana iku tabi okamu shimo ni utsuran | Within the hundredfold palace Regretfully lingering are Chrysanthemum blooms— How many times, I wonder, will they be struck By falling frost? |
[Ōe no] Chifuru
11
霜がれにをしみはじむるきくのはなちるまつまでにちらずもあらなん
| shimogare ni oshimi hajimuru kiku no hana chiru matsu made ni chirazu mo aranan | Burned by frost Regrets begin for The chrysanthemum blooms While waiting for them to scatter I wish that they’d not, at all… |
Susuku
12
ももしきにしもはおくともきくの花ちよの冬までうつろふなゆめ
| momoshiki ni shimo wa okutomo kiku no hana chiyo no fuyu made utsurounayume | Upon the hundred-fold palace The frost may fall, yet These chrysanthemum blooms, Though winter last a thousand ages, Will not fade, at all… |
[Minamoto no] Koremochi
5
きくのはなちとせみまくのほしければをしみしよるのあくるもしらず
| kiku no hana chitose mimaku no hoshikereba oshimi yoru no akuru mo shirazu | O, chrysanthemums! For a thousand years to gaze on them Is my desire, then The regrets of night’s Dawn I would never know! |
[Fujiwara no] Kunimoto
6
An ancient estate at the beginning of spring.
朝がすみたてるをみればみづのえのよしのの宮に春はきにけり
| asagasumi tateru o mireba mizu no e no yoshino no miya ni haru wa kinikeri | When the morning haze Rising I do see By the water’s edge At the palace of Yoshino Spring has come! |
