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SZS I: 53

Composed on the conception of seeing blossom every morning.

たづねきてたをるさくらの朝露に花のたもとのぬれぬ日ぞなき

tadunekite
taworu sakura no
asatuyu ni
Fana no tamoto no
nurenu Fi zo naki
I pay a visit and
Pluck, with my hand, a stem of cherry blossom;
The morning dew
My springtime sleeves
Dampens every single day!

The Naka-no-in Minister of the Right

A kuzushiji version of the poem's text.
Created with Soan.

Teishi-in ominaeshi uta’awase 18

をみなへしあきののをわけをりつればやどあれぬとてまつむしぞなく

ominaeshi
aki no no o wake
oritsureba
yado arenu tote
matsumushi zo naku
O, maidenflower,
Through the autumn meadows did I press
To pick you, so
My home has gone to ruin where
The pine crickets sing.

Yasuki
35

むしのねになきまどはせるをみなへしをればたもとにきりのこりゐる

mushi no ne ni
naki madowaseru
ominaeshi
oreba tamoto ni
kiri nokori’iru
The insects’ cries
With her sobs are confused, that
Maidenflower,
I pluck her, and within my sleeve
Traces of the mists do linger.

Amane
36

Kanpyō no ōntoki kisai no miya uta’awase 55

Left

唐ころもほせど袂の露けきは我が身の秋になればなりけり

karakoromo
hosedo tamoto no
tsuyukeki wa
wa ga mi no aki ni
nareba narikeri
My Cathay robe
I dry, and yet the sleeves
Dew dampness is because
For me autumn
Has come.

108[1]

Right

秋の露色のことごとおけばこそ山も紅葉も千くさなるらめ

aki no tsuyu
iro no kotogoto
okeba koso
yama mo momiji mo
chigusa narurame
The autumn dewdrops
In a medley of colours
Do truly fall, so
The mountains and the autumn leaves, too,
Turn a multitude of hues.

109


[1] Shinchokusenshū V: 298

Kanpyō no ōntoki kisai no miya uta’awase 44

Left

あきの野の草のたもとか花薄ほに出でてまねく袖とみゆらん

aki no no no
kusa no tamoto ka
hanasusuki
ho ni idete maneku
sode to miyuran
In the autumn meadows
Are the grasses cuffs
Fronds of silver grass?
The emerging ears beckoning
Sleeves do appear to be, I feel.

Ariwara no Muneyana

86

Right

山の井は水なきごとぞみえわたる秋の紅葉のちりてかくせば

yama no i wa
mizu naki goto zo
miewataru
aki no momiji no
chirite kakuseba
The mountain wells
Lack water, every one: for
Gazing across
With autumn scarlet scattered
Leaves they are concealed…

Okikaze
87

Kanpyō no ōntoki kisai no miya uta’awase 26

Left

夏の風我が袂にしつつまればおもはむ人のつとにしてまし

natsu no kaze
wa ga tamoto ni shi
tsutsumareba
omowamu hito no
tsuto ni shitemashi
The summer breeze
Within my sleeves
Has become entangled, so
For the one I’m longing for
I would take it as a gift.

51

Right

なつ草のしげき思ひは蚊遣火の下にのみこそもえ渡りけれ

natsukusa no
shigeki omoi wa
kayaribi no
shita ni nomi koso
moewatarikere
As summer grasses
Lush my fires of passion: as
Mosquito smudges,
Beneath they simply
Burn everywhere.

52[1]


[1] Shinchokusenshū XII: 709/Shinsen man’yōshū 79

Horikawa-in Enjo Awase 14

きてなれし袂は人に見せてましつらき涙の色のかはらば

kitenareshi
tamoto wa hito ni
misetemashi
tsuraki namida no
iro no kawaraba
I was wont to wear
These sleeves—to him
I would display them:
If heartless tears
Should change their hues…

Yurika, from the Hall of the Junior Consort
27

In reply.

忍草しのぶる程のよがれにはなにに心も袖もぬるらん

shinobugusa
shinoburu hodo no
yogare ni wa
nani ni kokoro mo
sode mo nururan
A fond fern
I do recall as
My nightly visits cease, so
Why is my heart and
Sleeves, too, so drenched?

The Assistant Lieutenant of the Middle Palace Guards, Left Division
28