Composed on ‘a storm at night while on a journey’ at the poetry competition at the home of the Regent and Grand Minister.
いづくにかこよひはやどをかり衣ひもゆふぐれのみねのあらしに
| izuku ni ka koyoi wa yado o kari koromo hi mo yûgure no mine no arashi ni |
Where, indeed, On this night lodging Might I find; my hunting robes Sash tightening; with the evening sun Storm winds come from the peak. |
Sada’ie
定家
When she presented a hundred poem sequence.
ゆくすゑはいまいくよとかいはしろのをかのかやねにまくらむすばん
| yukusue wa ima ikuyo to ka iwashiro no oka no kayane ni makura musuban |
Journey’s end Lies some nights ahead; In Iwashiro’s Hills, the roots of thatch Shall, woven, be my pillow. |
Princess Shokushi
式子内親王
A travel poem for a fifty poem sequence composed for the Monk-Prince Shukaku.
たちかへり又もきて見ん松島やをじまのとまや浪にあらすな
| tachi kaeri mata mo kite min matsushima ya ojima no tomaya nami ni arasu na |
Rising, falling, leaving, departing To come once again to see In Matsushima, Ojima where my hut- I would not have the wave wash it away. |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office Toshinari
藤原俊成
A travel poem for a fifty poem sequence composed for the Monk-Prince Shukaku.
なつかりのあしのかりねもあはれなりたまえの月のあけがたの空
| natsukari no ashi no karine mo aware nari tamae no tsuki ni akegata no sora |
Reaped in summer are The reeds for my brief night’s sleep: ’ Tis sad, indeed: The moon at Tamae In the dawning sky. |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office Toshinari
Topic unknown.
白雲のたなびきわたるあしびきの山のかけはしけふやこえなん
| shira kumo no tanabiki wataru ashihiki no yama no kakehashi kyō ya koenan |
Clouds of white Trail between the Leg-wearying Mountains-brief bridges: Will I pass over them today, I wonder? |
Tsurayuki
貫之
