Composed on the spirit of the start of winter, in a poetry contest in 1500 rounds.
をきあかす秋のわかれのそでのつゆ霜こそむすべ冬やきぬらん
| oki akasu aki no wakare no sode no tsuyu shimo koso musube fuyu ya kinuran |
Still awake at dawn, Parting from autumn, The dew upon my sleeves Is laced through with frost: Winter has come, perhaps. |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household [Fujiwara no] Toshinari (1114 – 1204)
藤原俊成
Composed as a tanabata poem.
たなばたのとわたる舟のかぢの葉にいく秋かきつ露の玉づさ
| tanabata no to wataru fune no kaji no ha ni iku aki kakitsu tsuyu no tamazusa |
For the Weaver Maid, Across the narrows goes the boat; In its oar stroke – as on mulberry leaves? How many are the autumns, when writ With dewdrops are the letters… |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office Toshinari
藤原俊成
From when he presented a hundred poem sequence to Retired Emperor Sutoku.
おぎの葉も契ありてや秋風のをとづれそむるつまとなりけん
| ogi no ha mo chigiri arite ya aki kaze no otozuresomuru tsuma to nariken |
Are reed fronds too Bound by former lives? The Autumn wind Has come to call: They must be joined in wedlock! |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household [Fujiwara no] Toshinari (1114-1204)
藤原俊成
From when he presented a hundred poem sequence to Retired Emperor Sutoku.
みしぶつきうへし山田にひたはへて又袖ぬらす秋はきにけり
| mishibu tsuki ueshi yamada ni hita haete mata sode nurasu aki wa kinikeri |
All encrusted, In the planted mountain fields, Bird clapper in hand, and Yet my sleeves are drenched: Autumn is here indeed. |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office, [Fujiwara no] Toshinari (1114-1204)
藤原俊成
Composed as part of a hundred poem sequence for Her Majesty.
ふしみ山松のかげより見わたせばあくる田のもに秋風ぞふく
| fushimi yama matsu no kage yori miwataseba akuru ta no mo ni akikaze zo fuku |
When on Fushimi Mountain, In the pine-trees’ shade, I gaze out and see Across the brightening fields The autumn wind is blowing. |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office [Fujiwara no] Toshinari
藤原俊成
Topic unknown.
たれかまたはなたちばなにおもひいでんわれもむかしの人となりなば
| tare ka mata hana tachibana ni omoiiden ware mo mukashi no hito to narinaba |
Who will once again In the scent of orange blossom Remember me? As one from long ago I am become… |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office [Fujiwara no] Toshinari
藤原俊成
A cuckoo poem from a hundred-poem sequence composed at the request of the former Regent and Lay Priest, when he was Minister of the Right.
雨そゝくはなたち花に風すぎて山郭公雲になくなり
| ame sosoku hana tachibana ni kaze sugite yama hototogisu kumo ni naku nari |
Rain drips From the orange blossoms, Blown by the wind; A mountain cuckoo Calls from within the distant clouds. |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office [Fujiwara no] Toshinari
藤原俊成
A cuckoo poem from a hundred-poem sequence composed at the request of the former Regent and Lay Priest, when he was Minister of the Right.
むかしおもふくさのいほりのよるの雨になみだなそへそ山郭公
| mukashi omou kusa no iori no yoru no ame ni namida na soe so yama hototogisu |
Deep in thoughts of long ago, Upon a grassen hut Rain falls at night- Do not make my tears fall so, O, mountain cuckoo! |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office [Fujiwara no] Toshinari
藤原俊成
Composed as a poem on the beginning of summer.
おりふしもうつればかへつよのなかの人の心の花ぞめのそで
| orifushi mo utsureba kaetsu yo no naka no hito no kokoro no hanazome no sode |
When the seasons Changed, so did our clothes. Out within the world Men’s hearts Are sleeves dyed with blossoms’ hues. |
The Daughter of Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office, [Fujiwara no] Toshinari
藤原俊成
When he presented a hundred-poem sequence.
こまとめてなを水かはんやまぶきの花のつゆそふ井での玉河
| koma tomete nao mizu kawan yamabuki no hana no tsuyu sou ide no tamagawa |
I halt my mount And once again draw water; The globeflower Blossoms dew falls to Ide’s Tama River. |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office [Fujiwara no] Toshinari
藤原俊成