Lord Minamoto no Yorikiyo, having completed his tour of duty in Michinoku province, was made Governor of Higo and left [the capital] again; when he was due to depart, she sent this to him secretly.
たびたびの千代をはるかに君や見ん末の松より生の松原
| tabitabi no tiyo wo Faruka ni kimi ya min suwe no matu yori iki no matubara |
Journey piled on journey At a distance of a thousand years Will you see? From the pines of Sue, To the living pine groves. |
Lady Sagami
Topic unknown.
引連れてけふは子日の松に又今千歳をぞのべにいでつる
| Fikiturete keFu Fa ne no Fi no matu ni mata ima ti tose wo zo nobe ni ideturu |
Dragged along to pull them up, For today the New Year Pines will once again, Anew, a thousand years Prolong us, out in the fields. |
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部
On hearing Fukayabu playing a zither on a summer night.
短か夜のふけゆくまゝに高砂の峰の松風吹くかとぞ聞く
| mizikayo no Fukeyuku mama ni takasago no mine no matukaze Fuku ka to zo kiku |
While a brief space of night Breaks, On Takasago Peak, the wind through the pines Does blow, I hear. |
Fujiwara no Kanesuke
When he had not visited someone whom he had got to know for a long time, he went there, and sent this in from the gate.
住吉の松にたちよる白波のかへる折にや音は泣かるらん
| sumiyosi no matu ni tatiyoru siranami no kaFeru wori ni ya ne Fa nakaruran |
At Sumiyoshi, a pleasant place, The pines are washed over By the whitecaps; With their retreat Are they left rootless, weeping wails? |
Mibu no Tadamine
壬生忠岑
A poem composed for the four seasons screen behind the guest of honour when the Principal Handmaid celebrated the fortieth birthday of the Fujiwara Major Captain of the Right (Autumn):
住の江の松を秋風吹くからにこゑうちそふるおきつ白浪
| suminoe no matu wo aki kaze Fuku kara ni kowe utisoFuru oki tu siranami |
At Suminoe The pines by autumn winds Are blown, so Their voices add to The whitecaps, off the shore. |
Mitsune
躬恒