Category Archives: Goshūishū

GSIS VI: 398

Composed on the conception of being buried in frosty fallen leaves.

落ちつもる庭の木の葉を夜のほどにはらひてけりと見する朝霜

otitumoru
niwa no ko no Fa wo
yo no hodo ni
FaraFitekeri to
misuru asasimo
Fallen, piled high at
My estate, the leaves from the trees
Within the space of a single night
Have been swept away,
It seems, by the morning frost.

Anonymous

GSIS V: 340

Composed on the conception of the autumn wind at a mountain retreat.

山ざとのしづの松がきひまをあらみいたくなふきそこがらしのかぜ

yamazato no
sidu no matugaki
Fima wo arami
itaku na Fuki so
kogarasi no kaze
Around this mountain dwelling
The peasant’s pinewood fence
Has gap aplenty;
Blow not so hard,
O, biting wind!

Ōmiya Echizen
大宮越前

GSIS XX: 1214

When someone was holding a plant-matching contest, and plants like morning glories were being compared, and a mirror blossom lay near her.

まけがたの耻かしげなる朝顏を鏡草にも見せてける哉

makegata no
Fadukasigenaru
asagaFo wo
kagamigusa ni mo
misetekeru kana
The loser
Seems so bashful:
The morning glory
To the mirror bloom
Has displayed herself!

Anonymous

GSIS XIII: 735

Sent to the home of Middle Councillor Sadayori.

はるばると野中に見ゆる忘れ水絶間絶間をなげくころかな

Farubaru to
nonaka ni miyuru
wasuremidu
taema taema o
nageku koro kana
In the distance
Across the meadows I see
A forgotten stream;
All in pieces
Comes my times of grief.

Yamato no Senji
大和宣旨

GSIS IV: 300

At a time when she was living with relatives, and the bush-clover was blooming particularly beautifully, the master of the house was somewhere else and not communicating, so she sent this to him.

白露も心おきてや思ふらむぬしもたづねぬやどの秋はぎ

siratuyu mo
kokoro okite ya
omoFuramu
nusi mo tasunenu
yado no aki Fagi
Silver dewdrops
Also fall on their hearts
I feel;
As the master pays no call
On his dwelling’s autumn bush-clover.

Chikuzen Wet Nurse
筑前乳母