In the same reign, when His Majesty’s Gentlemen were drawing topic by lot and presenting poems, he drew ‘fishing boats’ and composed this.
いはおろすかたこそなけれいせの海のしほせにかかるあまのつり舟
iFa orosu To drop their stones
Supernumerary Middle Counsellor Toshitada
Created with Soan .
Stones 石
いかにして水の下なるさざれ石のなかのおもひのきえせざるらん
ika ni shite mizu no shita naru sazare’ishi no naka no omoi no kiezaruran O, what am I to do?
Daishin
Stones 石
おく山の人もかよはぬ谷川にせぜの石ばしたれわたしけん
okuyama no hito mo kayowanu tanikawa ni seze no ishibashi tare watashiken Deep within the mountains, where
Higo
Stones 石
君が代のかずにしとらばうちのぼるさほのかはらの石もたえじな
kimi ga yo no kazu nishi toraba uchinoboru sao no kawara no ishi mo taeji na The years of My Lord’s reign:
Kanemasa
Stones 石
をしからでなげもやられぬ我が身こそちびきの石のたぐひなりけれ
oshikarade nage mo yararenu wa ga mi koso chibiki no ishi no tagui narikere With no regretsA stone a thousand might pull ,
Tadafusa
Stones 石
石はさもたちける人のこころさへ かたかど有りて見えもするかな
ishi wa samo tachikeru hito no kokoro sae katakado arite mie mo suru kana Such is the way with stones:
Toshiyori
Stones 石
たのめなほ河せの砂としふりてまごふの石とならん世までに
tanome nao kawase no isago toshi furite magō no ishi to naran yo made ni Ever believe in me! Until
Nakazane
Stones 石
浪たててかるとばかりはきこゆれどかへるも見えずおきのしら石
nami tatete karu to bakari wa kikoyuredo kaeru mo miezu oki no shira’ishi Waves breaking, then
Akinaka
Composed on the conception of Love and Stones.
我が袖は潮干に見えぬ沖の石の人こそ知らねかわく間ぞなき
wa ga sode Fa
My sleeves are
Sanuki, from the Nijō Palace
'Simply moving and elegant'
