花はなはなの色の紫野なる壺菫草のゆかりに誰か摘むらむ
hana no iro no
The flowers’ hue
Fujiwara no Tame’ie
我が宿の松にひさしき藤の花紫野には咲きやしぬらむ
wa ga yado no
My dwelling’s
Mibu no Tadami
A poem composed after the cremation of Cloistered Retired Emperor En’yū at Murasakino, when recalling how His Majesty had travelled there for the Day of the Rat the year before.
紫野雲のかけても思ひきや春の霞になして見むとは
murasaki no
At Murasakino
Major Captain of the Left [Fujiwara no] Asamitsu
白妙の豊御幣をとりもちていはひぞそむる紫の野に
sirotaFe no
White mulberry cloth,
Fujiwara no Nagatō (949-?1009)
幾度か今日のみあれに葵草思ふも久し水がきのうち
ikutabi ka
How many times has it been?
白雲の五百重の彼方の国人も今日のみあれにあはぬあらじな
shirakumo no
Beyond clouds of white,
Fujiwara no Nakazane
白雲のやへのをちなる国人も今日のみあれにあはぬあらじな
shirakumo no
Beyond clouds of white,
Fujiwara no Nakazane
神山の園の葵を鏈りつつ今日のみあれにかざしつるかな
kamiyama no
On the sacred mountain,
Fujiwara no Nakazane
昔より今日のみあれに葵草かけてぞ頼む神のしるしを
mukashi yori
From times long gone
Fujiwara no Akisue
幾返り今日のみあれに葵草頼みをかけて年の経ぬらむ
iku kaFeri
How many times has it been?
Fujiwara no Sanekata
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