Seaways.
何となく心ぞとまるそれとみてこぎはなれゆくむしあけの松
| nani to naku kokoro zo tomaru sore to mite kogihanareyuku mushiake no matsu | Somehow, They linger in my heart Having seen them Drifting ever further, The pines of Mushiake. |
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Shunzei-kyō no musume-shū 18
こぎはなれゆく月影ぞあはれなる虫明の松の風の音かな
| kogihanare yuku tsukikage zo awarenaru mushiake no matsu no kaze no oto kana | Drifting ever Further, the moonlight Moves my heart with The pines at Mushiake Sounding in the wind! [i] |
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[i] See: Seaways. 何となく心ぞとまるそれとみてこぎはなれゆくむしあけの松 nani to naku / kokoro zo tomaru / sore to mite / kogihanareyuku / mushiake no matsu ‘Somehow, / They linger in my heart / Having seen them / Drifting ever further, / The pines of Mushiake.’ (Shunzei gosha hyakushu 491); From a Fifty Poem Sequence on the Moon. むしあけのせとのしほひのあけがたになみの月かげとほざかるなり mushiake no / seto no shiohi no / akegata ni / nami no tsukikage / tōzakaru nari ‘At Mushiake / Strait the receding tide / At dawn, / The waves carrying the moonlight / Into the distance.’ Yoshitsune (Akishino gesseishū I: 64)
Sankashū I: 13
On the same conception, while I was at a place called Futami in Ise.
浪こすとふたみのまつの見えつるはこずゑにかかる霞なりけり
| nami kosu to futami no matsu no mietsuru wa kozue ni kakaru kasumi narikeri | As waves breaking O’er the pines at Futami Did it appear, Clinging to the treetops, The haze.[i] |
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[i] See: 君をおきてあだし心を我がもたば末の松山波もこえなん kimi o okite / adashi kokoro o / wa ga motaba / sue no matsu yama / nami mo koenan ‘To abandon you / An inconstant heart / Would I have, but sooner / Over Sue-no-Matsuyama / Would waves break!’ (Kokinshū XX: 1093)
Sankashū I: 6
When the New Year’s Day was the Day of the Rat.[i]
ねのびしてたてたる松にうゑそへんちよかさぬべきとしのしるしに
| ne no bi shite tatetaru matsu ni uesoen chiyo kasanubeki toshi no shirushi ni | ‘Tis the Day of the Rat, so Standing, pines Let us plant, That a thousand ages will mount up As a sign this year![ii] |
[i] On the first Day of the Rat of the year, aristocrats would go out and gather a range of medicinal plants to brew a tonic to ward off ill health in the coming year. Among these were pine seedlings, which were displayed as symbols of longevity.
[ii] See: For the Day of the Rat celebrations at the palace in Eihō 4 [1084]. ねのびする野べのこまつをうつしうゑて年のをながく君ぞ引くべき ne no bi suru / nobe no komatsu o / utsushi’uete / toshi no o nagaku / kimi zo hikubeki ‘For the Day of the Rat / Pine seedlings from the plains / We transplant, that / The long thread of their years / Will draw our Lord with them!’ Supernumerary Middle Counsellor Michitoshi (Shinkokinshū VII: 729)
Bōjō udaijin-dono uta’awase 01
Poetry Match held by the Bōjō Minister of the Right
On the 11th day of the Eighth Month, Tenryaku 10,[i] when Her Northern Highness[ii] was at the Bōjō Mansion[iii] and the moon was particularly charming, the ladies and gentlemen composed on the topics of plants in the garden in her presence. The gentlemen were on the Left and the ladies were on the Right.
Moon
Left (Tie)
よろづよのまつにかかれるあきの月ひさしきかげをみよとなるべし
| yorozuyo no matsu ni kakareru aki no tsuki hisashiki kage o miyo to narubeshi | Throughout ten thousand ages Clinging to the pines has been The autumn moon— Its eternal face Surely we should behold! |
The Honourable Gentleman-in Waiting
1[iv]
Right
よろづよのかげをみよとやおほぞらのてりまさるらむ秋のよの月
| yorozuyo no kage o miyo to ya ōzora no terimasaruramu aki no yo no tsuki | O’er ten thousand ages Should we behold, I wonder, In the heavens Shining brightest of all, The moon on an autumn night? |
Lady Taiyu
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[i] This date corresponds to 17 September 956.
[ii] Probably Imperial Princess Yasuko (Kōshi) 康子内親王 (919-957), Fujiwara no Morosuke’s final wife.
[iii] The Bōjō Mansion (Bōjōden 坊城殿) was a residence belonging to Fujiwara no Morosuke where he resided in his later years. Records of its exact location have not survived, but it was most likely to the west of Bōjō-kōji 坊城小路 (modern Bōjō-dōri 坊城通), south of Shijō 四条 in Kyoto.
[iv] This poem is included in Shin senzaishū (XX: 2324) attributed to Fujiwara no Takamitsu, with the headnote ‘Topic unknown’; it is also included in Takamitsu’s personal collection, Takamitsu-shū (8) with the headnote ‘From a poetry match’.
Reikeiden no nyōgo uta’awase 10
Wisteria Blossom
Left (Win)
おそくさくふぢのはなゆゑいつしかとわれさへまつにかかりぬるかな
| osoku saku fuji no hana yue itsushika to ware sae matsu ni kakarinuru kana | Late to bloom are The wisteria flowers, so Eagerly Have I awaited for them to Have dangled down! |
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Right
ちることもうつるもしらじのどかなるまつにかかれるむらさきのふぢ
| chiru koto mo utsuru mo shiraji nodoka naru matsu ni kakareru murasaki no fuji | That t’will scatter and Fade, both, unknowing, Gently From the pines hanging is The violet wisteria… |
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[i] Also included in Saigū nyōgo kishi joō uta’awase (19).
SIS II: 84
Poems for a folding screen for His Majesty, former Emperor En’yū.
住吉の岸のふぢなみわがやどの松のこずゑに色はまさらじ
| sumiyosi no kisi no Fudinami wa ga yado no matu no kozuwe ni iro wa masarazi | On Sumiyoshi’s Shore are wisteria waves, but Those at my house, In the treetops of the pines Are not less superb in hue… |
Taira no Kanemori
SKKS XVII: 1683
To say that from now on they should rest and relax in the pines’ shade, when he visited someone’s house.
かげにとて立ちかくるれば唐衣ぬれぬ雨ふるまつの声かな
| kage ni tote tachikakurureba karakoromo nurenu ame furu matsu no koe kana | In the shade, I say, To stand and hide myself away, for Upon my Cathay robe Will fall soughing rain— The sound of pines! |
Tsurayuki
Kinkai wakashū 694
For a painting on a folding screen of a woman with a torn robe passing by a spot on the plains with three aged pines.
おのづから我をたづぬる人もあらば野中の松よみきとかたるな
| onozukara ware o tazunuru hito mo araba nonaka no matsu yo miki to kataru na | If, from time to time, Enquiring after me A man should come, O, pines upon the plains, Say not that you’ve seen me![i] |
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[i] See: Topic unknown. それをだに思ふ事とてわがやどを見きとないひそ人のきかくに sore o dani / omou koto tote / wa ga yado o / miki to na ii so / hito no kikaku ni ‘Simply on those times / Do my thoughts dwell, so / That my house / You’ve seen, say not! / Lest others hear of it…’ Anonymous (Kokinshū XV: 811)
