In the conception of waiting for love.
君まつとねやへもいらぬまきのとにいたくなふけそ山のはの月
| kimi matsu to neya e mo iranu maki no to ni itaku na fuke so yama no ha no tsuki |
Awaiting you I’ll not enter my bed; Upon my cedarwood door Strike not so hard, O, moonlight from the mountains’ edge. |
Princess Shokushi
式子内親王
In a hundred poem sequence.
あふことをけふまつがえのたむけ草いくよしほるゝそでとかはしる
| au koto o kyo matsu ga e no tamukegusa iku yo shioruru sode to ka wa shiru |
For a meeting until Today I pine branches Beribboned with travellers’ prayers; How long with soaking Sleeve must I be-do you know? |
Princess Shokushi
式子内親王
Topic unknown.
しるべせよあとなきなみにこぐ舟のゆくゑもしらぬやへのしほ風
| shirube seyo ato naki nami ni kogu fune no yukue mo shiranu yae no shiokaze |
O, tell me please! Leaving no mark upon the waves That speeding boat’s Destination is unknown. O, wind upon the boundless waves! |
Princess Shokushi
式子内親王
On ‘hidden love’ in a hundred poem sequence.
わすれてはうちなげかるゝゆふべかなわれのみしりてすぐる月日を
| wasurete wa uchinagekaruru yūbe kana ware nomi shirite suguru tsuki hi o |
To be forgotten is A cause for sorrow On this evening… I alone know The passing of the months and days. |
Princess Shokushi
式子内親王
When she presented a hundred poem sequence.
ゆくすゑはいまいくよとかいはしろのをかのかやねにまくらむすばん
| yukusue wa ima ikuyo to ka iwashiro no oka no kayane ni makura musuban |
Journey’s end Lies some nights ahead; In Iwashiro’s Hills, the roots of thatch Shall, woven, be my pillow. |
Princess Shokushi
式子内親王
When she presented a hundred poem sequence.
あめのしためぐむくさ木のめもはるにかぎりもしらぬみよのすゑずゑ
| ame no shita megumu kusa ki no me mo haru ni kagiri mo shiranu miyo no suezue |
Beneath the firmament The budding plants Put forth shoots in spring, and with eyes fixed on the distance, Its bounds unknown to all, This reign will continue on. |
Princess Shokushi
式子内親王