When he was in service at an imperial progress to Ōi.
おほゐがは井せきのおとのなかりせばこのはをしけるわたりとやみん
| oFowigawa wiseki no oto no nakariseba ko no Fa wo sikeru watari wo ya min | Upon the River Ōi If the weirs sounded Not, then At the leaves spread All around would we even look? |
Master of the Palace Repairs Office Akisue
Round Thirty-Three
Left
わびぬればいまはたおなじ難波なる身をつくしてもあはむとぞ思ふ
| wabinureba ima wa taonaji naniwa naru mi wo tsukushitemo awan to zo omou | Suffering I was, so Now, ‘tis just as then; By Naniwa’s Channel marks, though I die, I would meet you. |
65[i]
Right
きえわびぬうつろふ人の秋の色に身を木がらしのもりのしらつゆ
| kiewabinu utsurou hito no aki no iro ni mi o kogarashi no mori no shiratsuyu | I am too grieved to die! My fickle love showed me She’d had enough with autumn’s colours; Now, I yearn for her as the bitter wind Drenches the forest with silver dewfall. |
66[ii]
[i] GSS XIII: 960/961. Sent to the Kyōgoku Lady of the Bedchamber (Fujiwara no Hōshi 藤原褒子) after things got out.
[ii] SKKS XIV: 1320: From the Poetry Contest in 1500 Rounds.
Round Thirty-Two
Left
あふことはとほ山ずりのかりころもきてはかひなきねをのみぞなく
| au koto wa tōyamazuri no karikoromo kite wa kainaki ne o nomi zo naku | Meeting her: Distant mountains pattern My hunting garb: Donning it is pointless, so My sobs do simply fall. |
63[i]
Right
をぐら山しぐるるころのあさなあさな昨日はうすき四方のもみぢば
| ogurayama shigururu koro no asana asana kinō wa usuki yomo no momijiba | On gloomy Ogura Mountain When the showers fall Each and every morning, How faded are yesterday’s Scarlet leaves, all around. |
64[ii]
[i] GSS X: 679/680: When he was sent a set of hunting robes from the residence of a woman he had been visiting secretly, he wrote this on the pattern of the hunting garb.
[ii] Shokugosenshū VII: 419/411: On autumn mornings, kōshin Fourth Month, Kenpo 5 [May 1217].
On autumn mornings, kōshin Fourth Month, Kenpo 5.
をぐら山しぐるるころのあさなあさな昨日はうすき四方のもみぢば
| ogurayama shigururu koro no asana asana kinō wa usuki yomo no momijiba | On gloomy Ogura Mountain When the showers fall Each and every morning, How faded are yesterday’s Scarlet leaves, all around. |
Former Middle Counsellor Sada’ie
When he was sent a set of hunting robes from the residence of a woman he had been visiting secretly, he wrote this on the pattern of the hunting garb.
あふことはとほ山ずりのかりころもきてはかひなきねをのみぞなく
| aFu koto Fa toFoyamazuri no karikoromo kite Fa kaFinaki ne o nomi zo naku | Meeting her: Distant mountains pattern My hunting garb: Donning it is pointless, so My sobs do simply fall. |
Prince Motoyoshi
Round Thirty-One
Left
花のいろはむかしながらにみし人の心のみこそうつろひにけれ
| hana no iro wa mukashi nagara ni mishi hito no kokoro nomi koso utsuroinikere | The hues of this blossom are Just as long ago, when She I saw them with has Her heart, indeed, Moved elsewhere! |
Prince Motoyoshi
61[i]
Right
ひとりぬるやまどりのをのしだり尾にしもおきまよふとこの月影
| hitori nuru yamadori no o no shidario ni shimo okimayou toko no tsukikage | Sleeping alone, The mountain pheasant’s tail Hangs down, Mistaking for fallen frost The moonlight on his bed.[ii] |
Supernumerary Middle Counsellor Sada’ie
62[iii]
[i] GSS III: 102: Prince Motoyoshi lived with the daughter of Lord Kanemori, but she was summoned by the Cloistered Emperor and, while she was in service to him, he was unable to meet her, so at the beginning of the year in springtime, he took a branch of cherry blossom, and left it thrust through the doorway of her chamber.
[ii] An allusive variation on SIS XIII: 778, which appears as poem (3) in this contest.
[iii] SKKS V: 487: When he presented a Hundred Poem Sequence.
When he presented a Hundred Poem Sequence.
ひとりぬるやまどりのをのしだり尾にしもおきまよふとこの月影
| hitori nuru yamadori no o no shidario ni shimo okimayou toko no tsukikage | Sleeping alone, The mountain pheasant’s tail Hangs down, Mistaking for fallen frost The moonlight on his bed.[i] |
Lord Fujiwara no Sada’ie
[i] An allusive variation on SIS XIII: 778.
Prince Motoyoshi lived with the daughter of Lord Kanemori, but she was summoned by the Cloistered Emperor and, while she was in service to him, he was unable to meet her, so at the beginning of the year in springtime, he took a branch of cherry blossom, and left it thrust through the doorway of her chamber.
花のいろはむかしながらにみし人の心のみこそうつろひにけれ
| Fana no iro Fa mukasi nagara ni misi Fito no kokoro nomi koso uturoFinikere | The hues of this blossom are Just as long ago, when She I saw them with has Her heart, indeed, Moved elsewhere! |
Prince Motoyoshi
Round Thirty
Left
おもひがはたえずながるる水のあわのうたかた人にあはできえめや
| omoi kawa taezu nagaruru mizu no awa no utagata hito ni awade kieme ya | For love a river Unending flows; Foam upon the waters Am I yet I’d never perish for not seeing you! |
59[i]
Right
冬がれのもりのくちばの霜のうへにおちたる月の影のさむけさ
| fuyugare no mori no kuchiba no shimo no ue ni ochitaru tsuki no kage no samukesa | Withered by winter, The forests’ rotting leaves are Frost covered, upon them The fallen moon Light is cold, indeed.[ii] |
60[iii]
[i] GSS IX: 515/516: When he didn’t know where she had gone, a man who wanted to get to know her again sent to her saying, ‘I’ve been worriedly enquiring about you for days-I thought you were dead!’
[ii] This poem is an allusive variation on a variant of KKS IV: 184, which appears in some Kokinshū manuscripts: Topic unknown. このまよりおちたる月の影見れば心づくしの秋はきにけり ko no ma yori / ochitaru tsuki no / kage mireba / kokorozukushi no / aki wa kinikeri ‘Between the trees / Dropped moon / Light, seeing it I know / Heart draining / Autumn, has come at last.’ Anonymous.
[iii] SKKS VI: 607: Topic unknown.