Composed on the spirit of Felicitation.
きみがよはちよともさゝじあまのとやいづる月日のかぎりなければ
| kimi ga yo wa chi yo to mo sasaji ama no to ya izuru tsuki hi no kagiri nakereba |
My Lord’s reign will last A thousand years, or more, I cannot say; as From the doors of heaven Emerge the sun and moon Without end. |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office Toshinari
藤原俊成
When she presented a hundred poem sequence.
あめのしためぐむくさ木のめもはるにかぎりもしらぬみよのすゑずゑ
| ame no shita megumu kusa ki no me mo haru ni kagiri mo shiranu miyo no suezue |
Beneath the firmament The budding plants Put forth shoots in spring, and with eyes fixed on the distance, Its bounds unknown to all, This reign will continue on. |
Princess Shokushi
式子内親王
Composed in the Second year of Jōryaku (1079) at the Palace poetry competition, on the spirit of Felicitation.
君がよはひさしかるべしわたらひやいすゞのかはのながれたえせで
| kimi ga yo wa hisashikarubeshi watarai ya isuzu no kawa no nagare taesede |
My Lord’s reign Will last eternally, I’m sure; as At Watarai The Isuzu River Flows on, unceasing. |
Former Middle Councillor [Ōe no] Masafusa
In the Ninth Month [of the year] when Retired Emperor Go-Ichijō was born, on a night when the moon was shining without any hindrance, the Greater Nijō Regent [Fujiwara no Norimichi], then being a Captain, invited several young women of the house and boarded boats on the lake; while rowing around the ‘pines on Nakajima’, it was beautiful so:
くもりなくちとせにすめる水のおもにやどれる月のかげものどけし
| kumorinaku chi tose ni sumeru mizu no omo ni yadoreru tsuki no kage mo nodokeshi |
Without a trace of cloud, For a thousand years upon the limpid Water’s surface The lodging moon Light brings peace. |
Murasaki Shikibu
紫式部
For a folding screen in the sixth year of Bunji, on the occasion of the entry of a senior consort to the palace.
山人のおるそでにほふきくのつゆうちはらふにもちよはへぬべし
| yamabito no oru sode niou kiku no tsuyu uchiharau ni mo chi yo wa henubeshi |
Hermits’ Trailing sleeves scented With chrysanthemum dew When waved Pass through a thousand years, no doubt. |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office Toshinari
藤原俊成
A poem from a folding screen in the Engi period.
いのりつゝなを長月のきくの花いづれの秋かうへてみざらん
| inoritsutsu nao naga tsuki no kiku no hana izure no aki ka uete mizaran |
Ever in my prayers- Throughout the longest month Chrysanthemum blooms; And in which Autumn might it be? They were planted, and never seen. |
Tsurayuki
貫之