Topic unknown.
あし引の山郭公けふとてやあやめの草のねにたててなく
| asiFiki no yamaFototogisu keFu tote ya ayame no kusa no ne ni tatete naku | Leg wearying, The mountain cuckoo, Knowing today, perhaps, On the sweet-flag Roots does perch and sing. |
A composition by the Engi Emperor [Daigo]
Round Thirty-Nine
Left
たちかへりあはれとぞおもふよそにても人に心をおきつしらなみ
| tachikaeri aware to zo omou yoso nite mo hito ni kokoro o okitsu shiranami | Rising and returning, Filled with love, However distant You are, my heart Lifts with the whitecaps. |
77[i]
Right
あふことはいつとなぎさのはま千どり浪のたちゐにねをのみぞなく
| au koto wa itsu to nagisa no hamachidori nami no tachi’i ni ne o nomi zo naku | Our meeting— When will it be? On the seashore The plovers on the beach Amid the rising waves Simply let out sobbing cries! |
78[ii]
[i] KKS XI: 474: Topic unknown.
[ii] KYS VII: 361/384: Topic unknown.
Topic unknown.
あふことはいつとなぎさのはま千どり浪のたちゐにねをのみぞなく
| aFu koto Fa itu to nagisa no Famatidori nami no tachi’wi ni ne wo nomi zo naku | Our meeting— When will it be? On the seashore The plovers on the beach Amid the rising waves Simply let out sobbing cries! |
Middle Counsellor Masasada
Left
おとは山おとにききつつあふさかのせきのこなたにとしをふるかな
| otowa yama oto ni kikitsutsu ausaka no seki no konata ni tose o furu kana | As wing-beats in the mountains Do I hear tell of you; But on Meeting Hill Barrier’s inner side Must I spend my days? |
75[i]
Right
ありすがはおなじながれはかはらねどみしやむかしの影ぞわすれぬ
| arisugawa onaji nagare wa kawaranedo mishi ya mukashi no kage zo wasurenu | The Arisu River’s Flow is just the same and All unchanged, yet She who saw it, long ago— Her face never will I forget! |
76[ii]
[i] KKS XI: 473: Topic unknown.
[ii] SKKS VIII: 827: After the death of Imperial Princess Shinshi, he had heard that Imperial Princess Sōshi was to move to her former residence, so he went to inspect it, but found everything unchanged; deep in memories of the distant past, he said this to one of the ladies-in-waiting.
After the death of Imperial Princess Shinshi, he had heard that Imperial Princess Sōshi was to move to her former residence, so he went to inspect it, but found everything unchanged; deep in memories of the distant past, he said this to one of the ladies-in-waiting.
ありすがはおなじながれはかはらねどみしやむかしの影ぞわすれぬ
| arisugawa onaji nagare wa kawaranedo mishi ya mukashi no kage zo wasurenu | The Arisu River’s Flow is just the same and All unchanged, yet She who saw it, long ago— Her face never will I forget! |
The Naka-no-in Minister of the Right
Round Thirty-Seven
Left
かすみたつ春の山辺はとほけれどふきくる風は花のかぞする
| kasumi tatsu haru no yamabe wa tōkeredo fukikuru kaze wa hana no ka zo suru | Hazes rise Round the mountains’ sides, So far away, and yet The gusting breeze comes Bearing the scent of blossom. |
Ariwara no Motokata
73[i]
Right
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
| tazunekite taoru sakura no asatsuyu ni hana no tamoto no nurenu hi 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
74[ii]
[i] KKS II: 103: A poem from the Poetry Contest held by Her Majesty, the Empress Dowager, during the Reign of the Kanpyō Emperor.
[ii] SZS I: 53: Composed on the conception of seeing blossom every morning.
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
Round Thirty-Six
Left
いまこむといひしばかりになが月のあり明の月をまちいでつるかな
| ima komu to iishi bakari ni nagatsuki no ariake no tsuki o machi’idetsuru kana | ‘I will come now,’ He had said, but Until the Longest Month’s Dawntime moon Appeared, have I been waiting… |
71[i]
Right
うれしくはのちの心を神もきけひくしめなはのたえじとぞおもふ
| ureshiku wa nochi no kokoro o kami mo kike hiku shimenawa no taeji to zo omou | Should it please you, Let my heart in days to come— Heed my prayer, O, God— As a sacred garland strung I would it prove false never! |
72[ii]
[i] KKS XIV: 691: Topic unknown.
[ii] SZS XII: 709/708: Composed on the conception of praying for love, for the same ten poem sequence.
Composed on the conception of differing love, for the same ten poem sequence.
うれしくはのちの心を神もきけひくしめなはのたえじとぞおもふ
| uresiku Fa noti no kokoro wo kami mo kike Fiku simenawF no taezi to zo omoFu | Should it please you, Let my heart in days to come— Heed my prayer, O, God— As a sacred garland strung I would it prove false never! |
Master of the Palace Repairs Office Akisue
Round Thirty-Five
Left
おとにのみきくのしら露よるはおきてひるはおもひにあへずけぬべし
| oto ni nomi kiku no shiratsuyu yoru wa okite hiru wa omoi ni aezu kenubeshi | Only a rumour do I Hear: the chrysanthemum’s white dewdrops, Fall at night (I lie awake), And with the day’s weight of sun (laden with thoughts of you am I), Cannot endure and is gone (as will I be, lest we meet). |
69[i]
Right
松がねにをばなかりしきよもすがらかたしく袖に雪はふりつつ
| matsu ga ne ni obana karishiki yo mo sugara katashiku sode ni yuki wa furitsutsu | Upon the pine tree’s roots Reaped silver grass I’ve spread, and All through the night Atop my single spread sleeves The snow is ever falling… |
70[ii]
[i] KKS XI: 470: Topic unknown.
[ii] SKKS X: 929: Composed on the conception of snow at one’s lodgings when travelling.