Composed on the conception of Love, when he held a poetry contest at his residence while he was a Middle Captain.
我が恋は海女の刈る藻に乱れつつかわく時なき浪の下草
| wa ga koFi Fa ama no karu mo ni midaretutu kaFaku toki naki nami no sitagusa |
My love is As seaweed reaped by fisher-girls, Ever tangled, and Not a moment dry Have the weeds beneath the waves… |
Supernumerary Middle Councillor [Fujiwara no] Toshitada
権中納言俊忠
すすみにと分入る道は夏深し裾野に続く森の下草
| susumi ni to wake’iru michi wa natsu fukashi susono ni tsuzuku mori no shitagusa |
Ahead we go! Forging down the path, where Summer lies deep, Upon the mountain skirts’ Woodland undergrowth. |
Fujiwara no Shunzei
藤原俊成
Left.
夏草のなかを露けみかき分けて刈る人なしにしげる野辺かな
| natu kusa no naka o tuyukemi kakiwakete karu Fito nasi ni sigeru nobe kana |
The summer grasses Midst is dew-drenched; Forging through, With no one to reap them This meadow is lush, indeed! |
Tadami
Right.
夏ふかくなりぞしにけるおほあらきの杜の下草なべて人かる
| natu Fukaku nari zo sinikeru oFoaraki no mori no sitagusa nabete Fito karu |
Deep within the summer It is now: At Ōaraki In the sacred groves, the undergrowth Is arrayed for men to reap it! |
Kanemori