Composed on the instructions of His Majesty, on the way back from Sumiyoshi, when he had accompanied him there in the Third Month, Enkyū 5 [April 1073].
おきつかぜふきにけらしな住吉の松のしづえをあらふしらなみ
| okitsukaze fukinikerashi na sumiyoshi no matsu no shizue o arau shiranami | The wind in the offing Is gusting, it seems, for At Sumiyoshi The pines’ low branches Are washed by whitecaps. |
Minister of Justice Tsunenobu
Left
住吉のきしによる波夜さへや夢のかよひ路人めよくらむ
| sumiyoshi no kishi ni yoru nami yoru sae ya yume no kayoiji hitome yokuramu | On Sumiyoshi’s Shore break waves; Even at night Upon the path of dreams Can we avoid others’ prying eyes? |
186
Right
夕附夜おぼろに人を見てしより天雲はれぬ心地こそすれ
| yūzukuyo oboro ni hito o miteshi yori amagumo harenu kokochi koso sure | On a moonlit evening Faintly, a lady Did I see, and ever since Heaven’s clouds, unclearing, Weigh on my feelings… |
187
住吉の松はあはれもかけやせむ八十過ぬる和歌の浦波
| sumiyoshi no matsu wa aware mo kake ya semu yasoji suginuru waka no uranami | At Sumiyoshi will The pines feel compassion For me? Spending more than eighty years Washed by the waves of Waka Bay… |
Judge
1201
和歌の浦のしるべとなれる老の浪げに住吉の松も知るらん
| waka no ura no shirube to nareru oi no nami geni sumiyoshi no matsu mo shiruran | To Waka Bay A guide have you become, Washed by waves of age; Truly, at Sumiyoshi The pines will know that well! |
A Servant Girl
1202
A poem composed by Prince Naga, on the occasion of a visit to the Naniwa Palace in Kyōun 3 [707].
霰打 安良礼松原 住吉之 弟日娘与 見礼常不飽香聞
霰打つ安良礼松原住吉の弟日娘女と見れど飽かぬかも
| arare utu ararematubara sumiyosi no otoiwotome to miredo akanu kamo | Hail strikes Ararematsubara In Sumiyoshi A pleasure girl I see, yet cannot get my fill. |
Prince Naga (?-715)
長皇子
Left (Tie).
我道をまもらば君をまもる覧よはひはゆづれ住吉の松
| wa ga michi o mamoraba kimi o mamoruran yowai wa yuzure sumiyoshi no matsu |
My path of poetry Should you ward, then my Lord Would you protect? Bequeath to him your years, O Pines of Sumiyoshi! |
197
Right (Tie).
契ありて今日宮河のゆふかづらながき世までにかけてたのまむ
| chigiri arite kyô miyagawa no yūkazura nagaki yo made ni kakete tanomamu |
Bonds from the past This day to Miyagawa take me; A garland, that I shall live for ages more, I’ll hang, and make my plea. |
198
いにしへの契もむなし住吉や我が片削の神と頼めど
| inishie no chigiri mo munashi sumiyoshi ya wa ga katazoki no kami to tanomedo |
Long ago I vowed, but to no point: At Sumiyoshi, Incline to me as a roof-beam O God, I did implore, yet… |