Someone died and she missed him constantly; when she went to sleep thinking of him she dreamed of him and sent this poem to someone else thinking of him.
時の閒もなぐさめつらん覺めぬ閒は夢にだに見ぬ我ぞ悲しき
| toki no ma mo nagusameturan samenu ma Fa yume ni dani minu ware zo kanasiki |
For only a moment Was I consoled When I closed my eyes; Unable to meet in him in dreams I am sunk in sadness. |
The Daughter of Lord [Fujiwara no] Harukami
When someone came from the Eastlands with a horse for him, not having heard that Atsutoshi had died.
まだ知らぬ人も有りける東路に我も行てぞ住むべかりける
| mada siranu Fito mo arikeru adumadi ni ware mo yukite zo sumubekarikeru |
As yet unaware Folk there are; On the eastland roads I must make my way And find a home. |
The Minister of the Left, [Fujiwara no Saneyori (900-970)]
When he was travelling into the Eastlands, the further he went, the more he missed what he had left behind; while crossing a river and watching the waves:
いとゞしく過ぎゆく方の戀しきにうら山しくも歸浪哉
| itodosiku sugiyuku kata no koFisiki ni urayamasiku mo kaFeru nami kana |
More and more All that is behind me Is what I long for; How I envy The returning waves. |
Narihira
業平
Sent to someone when at the Kurita house.
あしひきの山の山鳥かひもなし峰の白雲立ちし寄らねば
| asiFiki no yama no yamadori kaFi mo nasi mine no sirakumo tatisi yoraneba |
Leg-wearying For the mountain pheasant There’s nothing to be done: Around the peaks, clouds of white Do not draw near, so… |
Kanesuke
When he had gone to the province of Settsu and started to live in seclusion, feeling frustrated about his personal circumstances.
難波津を今日こそみつの浦ごとにこれやこの世をうみわたる舟
| naniFa tu wo keFu koso mitu no ura goto ni kore ya kono yo wo umiwataru Fune |
The port of Naniwa I have seen today: an imperial port And on the beach every One, the world’s Seas sails (so sad): those boats. |
Narihira
業平
Written on something when he had first shaved his head.
たらちめはかゝれとてしもむばたまの我が黑髮を撫でずや有りけん
| taratime Fa kakare tote simo mubatama no wa ga kuro kami wo nadezu ya ariken |
My loving mother: Had she known this would be, Lily-seed Black, my hair, She would not have smoothed, I think. |
Archbishop Henjō
僧正遍照
When he was setting out to climb a mountain.
今更に我は歸らじ瀧見つゝ呼べど聞かずと問はば答へよ
| ima sara ni ware Fa kaFerazi taki mitutu yobedo kikazu to toFaba kotaFeyo |
From this point on I shall not return; We saw the falls And called him, but he did not hear- Should anyone so enquire, tell them that. |
Archbishop Henjō
僧正遍照