Spiders 蜘蛛
かれのこる軒のあやめをたよりにてくり返しひくくものいとすぢ
| kare nokoru noki no ayame o tayori nite kurikaeshi hiku kumo no itosuji | On the withered remnants of Sweet-flags on my eaves Shall I rely, and Time and time again draw upon The spider’s thread. |
Kanemasa
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Horikawa hyakushu 386
五月雨は宿につく間の菖蒲草軒の雫に枯れしとぞ思ふ
| samidare wa yado ni tsuku ma no ayamegusa noki no shizuku ni kareshi to zo omou |
When the showers Touch my roof The sweet-flags by Droplets on the eaves Are all dried up, I feel! |
Ōe no Masafusa
MYS XIX: 4175
Two poems composed on birds.
霍公鳥今来鳴きそむあやめぐさかづらくまでに離るる日あらめや
| pototogisu ima kinakisomu ayamegusa kaduraku made ni karuru pi arame ya |
The cuckoo Has now begun to sing; Until sweet-flags Garland all Will there be any days he flies away? |
Ōtomo no Yakamochi
Sanekata Shū 286
My reply:
あやめ草寢ぬ夜の空のほとゝぎすまづ曙の聲を聞かばや
| ayamegusa nenu yo no sora no Fototogisu madu akebono no kowe wo kikaba ya |
Sweet flag Roots: long as a sleepless night sky; O, Cuckoo! Dawn’s first Call would I hear! |
Sanekata Shū 285
By the Major Captain, when the Kōshin Rite fell upon the fifth Day of the Fifth Month.
夜のほどのつまとのみなるあやめをもまだ見ぬほどはいつかとぞ思ふ
| yo no Fodo no tuma to nomi naru ayame wo mo mada minu Fodo Fa ituka to zo omoFu |
All night long To the eaves wedded is A sweet-flag, Still unseen, But for how long, on this the fifth, I wonder? |
Sanekata Shū 284
In reply, the Major Captain:
祝ふなる岩のあやめも今日よりは千代のはじめに引きはじむべき
| iFaFu naru iFa no ayame mo keFu yori Fa tiyo no Fazime ni FikiFazimubeki |
All good things, I pray, for This rock-top sweet flag: From this day forth Let a thousand years of fortune Begin to flow. |
Sanekata Shū 283
When the Imperial Consort from the Koichijō Estate gave birth to her first son, the third night fell upon he fifth day of the Fifth Month.
岩の上のあやめや千代を重ぬらむ今日も五月の五日と思へば
| iFa no uFe no ayame ya tiyo wo kasanuramu keFu mo satuki no ituka to omoFeba |
Atop the rocks, The sweet-flag will a thousand years Endure, no doubt; For this day is the Fifth Month’s Fifth day, I’m sure. |
Sanekata Shū 258
On the fifth day of the month, when I had last met her on the second.
逢はぬまのみぎはに生ふるあやめ草ねのみなかるゝ昨日今日かな
| aFanu ma no migiFa ni oFuru ayamegusa ne nomi nakaruru kinoFu keFu kana |
Time is a marsh without you; Sprouting by the water’s edge The sweet flags, Roots washed—in sobs alone Did I pass yesterday, and today, too. |
SZS XVIII: 1182
Composed on ayame (sweet flags) for the Fifth Day of the Fifth Month.
けふかくる袂に根ざせ菖蒲草憂は我身にありと志らずや
| keFu kakuru tamoto ni ne zase ayamegusa uki Fa wa ga mi ni ari to sirazu ya |
Today, we hang you up, so In my sleeve take root, O Sweet flags! My body is a thing of clay, Don’t you know? |
The Monk Dōin
SZS III: 169
Composed as a poem on sweet flags.
五月雨にぬれぬれひかむ菖蒲草ぬまの岩垣浪もこそ越せ
| samidare ni nurenure Fikamu ayamegusa numa no iFagaki nami mo koso kose |
In the constant drizzling rain, Soaked, let us pick Sweet-flags; Over the stony border of the marsh Waves are breaking. |
The Regent and Former Minister of the Right [Fujiwara no Kanezane]
藤原兼実