Composed in the conception of the moon over a shrine, at the same poetry competition.
ふりにける松物いはゞとひてまし昔もかくや住の江の月
| Furinikeru matu mono iFaba toFitemasi mukasi mo kaku ya sumi no e no tuki |
The ancient Pines-if only they could speak! For I would ask, Of old was it as bright: The moon on Sumiyoshi Bay? |
The Minister of the Right [Fujiwara no Sanesada]
Composed on the spirit of the beginning of the year, when she presented a hundred poem sequence during the reign of Retired Emperor Horikawa
行末をまつぞひさしき君がへむ千代の始の子日と思へば
| yukusuwe wo matu zo Fisasiki kimi ga Femu tiyo no Fazime no ne no Fi to omoFeba |
For the future Wait the pines, eternal, My Lord shall see A thousand years-the first Year’s Day’s today, I feel. |
Higo
Composed for a picture of Sumiyoshi on a sliding door in the house of the Ichijô Minister of the Left [Minamoto no Masanobu].
すぎゝにしほどをばすてつ今年より千代のかずつむ住吉の松
| sukigi ni si Fodo wo ba sutetu kotosi yori tiyo no kazu tumu sumiyosi no matu |
The past We will abandon; From this year forth Of a thousand years in number make a pile, We pines of Sumiyoshi! |
Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu
Once when Izumi Shikbu was on her way to Ishiyama, she stopped in Ōtsu; late at night she sensed a crowd of people nearby making an enormous amount of noise. On enquiring what was going on, she was told, ‘Some people from the lower orders are polishing rice,’ and composed this poem.
鷺のゐる松原いかに騷ぐ覽しらげはうたて里とよみけり
| sagi no wiru matubara ikani sawaguran sirage Fa utate sato toyomikeri | Egrets dwell Among the pine groves; how Noisy they seem; Their white plumes unpleasantly Echo through the house, it seems. |
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部
Composed on the spirit of Felicitation as part of a hundred poem sequence.
君が代は松の上葉にをく露のつもりてよもの海となるまで
| kimi ga yo Fa matu no uFaba ni woku tuyu no tumorite yomo no umi to naru made |
My Lord’s reign: Upon the pine tree tops The falling dew Builds up and on all sides A sea becomes-until then… |
Minamoto no Toshiyori
源俊頼
When he had gone down to Michinoku province with [his father] Lord [Tachibana no] Norimitsu, he composed this on the pines at Takekuma.
武隈の松はふた木を都人いかゞと問はゞみきとこたへむ
| takekuma no matu Fa Futaki wo miyakobito ikaga to toFaba miki to kotaFemu |
At Takekuma The pines are twinned; If capital-folk Should ask, ‘What were they like?’ ‘ I saw the trunks,’ I will reply! |
Tachibana no Suemichi
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