[One of] two poems composed by Yamanoue no Okura listing the flowers of the autumn fields.
芽之花 乎花葛花 瞿麦之花 姫部志 又藤袴 朝皃之花
萩の花尾花葛花なでしこの花をみなへしまた藤袴朝顔の花
| pagi no pana wobana kudupana nadesiko no pana wominapesi mata pudibakama asagapo no pana | Bush clover blooms, Silver grass and kudzu, Pinks, Valerian And fujibakama, Morning glory blooms. |
Yamanoue no Okura
山上憶良
His reply.
白露はわきてもをかじをみなへし心からにや色のそむらん
| shira tsuyu wa wakite mo okaji ominaeshi kokoro kara ni ya iro no somuran |
The silven dew Cares not where it falls; The maidenflowers From your own heart Are stained with colour. |
The Hoshō-ji Lay Priest and Former Grand Minister [Fujiwara no Michinaga]
When the Hoshō-ji Lay Priest and Former Grand Minister [Fujiwara no Michinaga] plucked a maidenflower, and said Murasaki Shikibu must be able to compose an appropriate poem.
をみなへしさかりの色をみるからにつゆのわきける身こそしらるれ
| ominaeshi sakari no iro o miru kara ni tsuyu no wakikeru mi koso shirarure |
The maidenflowers’ Hues are at their best, I see, so The dewfall must have distinguished ‘Tween them and me–how well I know it! |
Murasaki Shikibu
紫式部