In the same reign, when His Majesty’s Gentlemen were drawing topic by lot and presenting poems, he drew ‘fishing boats’ and composed this.
いはおろすかたこそなけれいせの海のしほせにかかるあまのつり舟
| iFa orosu kata koso nakere ise no umi no siFose ni kakaru ama no turibune | To drop their stones Is there no place at all, At the sea off Ise Caught by the rushing tides are The seafolk’s fishing boats… |
Supernumerary Middle Counsellor Toshitada
When she was in attendance on Empress Akiko, Her Majesty’s mien was that of recollecting a certain situation with His Majesty, Former Emperor Ichijō, so she presented this the following morning, after she had withdrawn from Her Majesty’s presence.
つねよりもまたぬれそひし袂かなむかしをかけて落ちし涙に
| tune yori mo mata nuresoFisi tamoto kana mukasi wo kakete wotisi namida ni | More than ever, Soaked through are My sleeves! For bygone days I stored up The tears I let fall now… |
Akazome Emon
Composed on the conception of love which fails to linger, when he composed ten love poems at the same residence.
たちかへる人をもなにかうらみまし恋しさをだにとどめざりせば
| tatikaFeru Fito wo mo nani ka uramimasi koFisisa wo dani todomezariseba | If he rises to return Why should he Be the object of my despite? If even his love He does not leave behind… |
Supernumerary Middle Counsellor Morotoki
Composed as a love poem, when she presented a hundred poem sequence.
うき人をしのぶべしとは思ひきやわが心さへなどかはるらん
| ukibito wo sinobubesi to Fa omoFiki ya wa ga kokoro saFe nado kaFaruran | Of that heartless man I would secretly be fond, I thought, so why Does my heart, too, Seem to have changed? |
Taikenmon’in Horikawa
Composed as a love poem, when she presented a hundred poem sequence.
あら磯の岩にくだくる浪なれやつれなき人にかくる心は
| ara’iso no iFa ni kudakuru nami nare ya turenaki Fito ni kakuru kokoro Fa | Along the stony shore Upon the rocks shattering Are the waves—just like That cruel man does Break my heart, perhaps? |
Taikenmon’in Horikawa
Composed on the conception of the beginning of spring, when she presented a hundred poem sequence.
雪ふかきいはのかけみち跡たゆるよしののさとも春はきにけり
| yuki Fukaki iFa no kakemiti ato tayuru yosino no sato mo Faru Fa kinikeri | Where snow lay deep Across the rocks, upon the path of boards, Footprints are fading— At the Yoshino estate Spring has arrived! |
Taikenmon’in no Horikawa
He borrowed a mirror from the house of a woman for whom he was feeling passionate thoughts which he had yet to reveal, wrote this on the inside and returned it.
ますかがみ心もうつる物ならばさりともいまはあはれとや見む
| masukagami kokoro mo uturu mono naraba sari tomo ima Fa aFare to ya mimu | Could this clear glass Reflect my heart, as well, Could it do that, then Well, now how Pitiful would I appear? |
Lord Fujiwara no Kinhira
Composed on the conception of love, when a hundred poem sequence was presented for former Emperor Horikawa.
木間よりひれふる袖をよそに見ていかがはすべき松浦さよ姫
| ko no ma yori Fire Furu sode wo yoso ni mite ikaga Fa subeki matura sayoFime | Between the trees Her waving stole and sleeves I distantly see— O, what should I do for Sayohime at Matsura! |
Fujiwara no Mototoshi
Topic unknown.
はかなくもこむよをかけて契るかなふたたびおなじ身ともならじを
| Fakanaku mo komu yo wo kakete tigiru kana Futatabi onazi mi to mo narazi wo | How unreliable to vow that Throughout the world to come We will be linked! For once more within the selfsame Flesh we might not be… |
The Minister of the Right
