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MYS XIX: 4232

A poem by Kamō, the dancing girl.

雪嶋 巌尓殖有 奈泥之故波 千世尓開奴可 君之挿頭

ゆきのしま いはほにうゑたる なでしこは ちよにさかぬか きみがかざしに

yuki no sima
ipapo ni uwetaru
nadesiko pa
tiyo ni sakanu ka
kimi ga kazasi ni
Snow lies heavy on the garden’s
Rocks where grow
The pinks:
O, won’t you bloom a thousand years?
That my Lord may wear you in his hair…

SZS I: 3

Composed on the conception of the beginning of spring, when she presented a hundred poem sequence.

雪ふかきいはのかけみち跡たゆるよしののさとも春はきにけり

yuki Fukaki
iFa no kakemiti
ato tayuru
yosino no sato mo
Faru Fa kinikeri
Where snow lay deep
Across the rocks, upon the path of boards,
Footprints are fading—
At the Yoshino estate
Spring has arrived!

Taikenmon’in no Horikawa

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

KYS II: 154

Composed on waiting for the moon by the water at Lord Kinzane’s residence.

夏の夜の月待つ程の手ずさみに岩もる清水いく結びしつ

natsu no yo no
tuki matu Fodo no
tezusami ni
iFa moru simidu
iku musubisitu
On a summer night,
Waiting for the moon,
My hands keep busy by
Through the pure water dripping from the rocks
Running time and time again.

Fujiwara no Mototoshi

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

SZS VIII: 522

Composed saying he would pass the barrier at Meeting Hill at night.

あふ坂の関には人もなかりけりいは井の水のもるにまかせて

aFusaka no
seki ni Fa Fito mo
nakarikeri
iFawi no midu no
moru ni makasete
At Meeting Hill’s
Barrier of folk
There is no sign—
To the water from the rocky spring’s
Guarded dripping is it entrusted…

Hōribe no Narinaka

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

Horikawa-in Enjo Awase 12

つらしともいざやいかがはいはし水あふせまだきにたゆる心は

tsurashi to mo
iza ya ikaga wa
iwashimizu
ause madaki ni
tayuru kokoro wa
How cruel!
Why as
Spring waters rushing from the rocks did
Our meeting swiftly
Did you wish to end?

Kazusa, in service to the Empress
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In reply

世世ふともたえじとぞ思ふ神がきの岩ねをくぐる水の心は

yo yo futomo
taeji to zo omou
kamigaki no
iwane o kuguru
mizu no kokoro wa
Age upon age may pass, yet
Never shall we end, I feel, as from
The sacred precinct’s
Rocky roots flow
Waters—that is my heart!

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