On receiving tribute and seeing the richness of His land.
たかきやにのぼりて見ればけぶりたつたみのかまどはにぎはひにけり
| takaki ya ni noborite mireba keburi tatsu tami no kamado wa nigiwainikeri |
To my palace heights I climb and when I gaze across Smoke rises- The homes of my people Are rich, indeed. |
Emperor Nintoku
When she presented a hundred poem sequence:
ひかずふる雪げにまさるすみがまのけぶりもさむし大原のさと
| hi kazu furu yukige ni masaru sumigama no keburi mo samushi ōhara no sato |
Day after passing day The snow-sign has grown stronger above The charcoal kilns The very smoke is chill In the village of Ōhara. |
Princess Shokushi
式子内親王
Topic unknown.
さびしさに煙をだにもたゝじとて柴折りくぶる冬の山里
| sabisisa ni keburi wo dani mo tatazi tote siba worikuburu Fuyu no yamazato |
In loneliness, That the smoke at least Will not desert me I gather brushwood and feed the flames In this winter mountain home. |
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部