When he was a gentleman-in-waiting[1] and had just started speaking to Masatada’s daughter.[2]
身にしみておもふ心のふかければつひに色にもいでぬべきかな
mi ni simite
omoFu kokoro no
Fukakereba
tuFi ni iro ni mo
idenubeki kana | Within my flesh
The feelings of my heart
Are buried deep, but
At long last my passions
Can be revealed! |
Supernumerary Middle Counsellor Atsutada
Created with Soan.
[1] Atsutada was made a gentleman-in-waiting (jijū 侍従) on the 12th day of the First Month, Engi 延喜23 [31.1.923], dating this poem to after that point.
[2] The identity of this woman is unknown.
From among his love poems.
ちぎりありてかかる思ひやつくばねのみねども人のやがて恋しき
chigiri arite
kakaru omoi ya
tsukubane no
minedomo hito no
yagate koishiki | Do we have a bond, that
Arouses such passions? Though
As the peak of Tsukuba
I see her not, yet am
Filled with constant longing. |
Supernumerary Major Counsellor Kin’kage
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Topic unknown.
思ふよりいかにせよとか秋風になびく浅茅の色ことになる
omoFu yori
ika ni seyo to ka
akikaze ni
nabiku asadi no
iro koto ni naru |
So full are my thoughts
What am I to do?
With the autumn wind
Waves the cogon grass –
Colours – and passions – changing… |
Anonymous
'Simply moving and elegant'
