Composed as a love poem, when at a poetry match.
おもひかねなほ恋ぢにぞかへりぬるうらみは末もとほらざりけり
| omoFikane naFo koidi ni zo kaerinuru urami Fa suwe mo toForazarikeri | I cannot but care, so Yet again to the path of love I have returned; My hatred right to the end Has not endured. |
Monk Shun’e
Composed on the conception of showers at a lodging on a journey, when people were composing for the Poetry Match at the Sumiyoshi Shrine.
もしほ草しきつのうらのねざめにはしぐれにのみや袖はぬるらん
| mosiFogusa sikitu no ura no nezame ni Fa sigure ni nomi ya sode Fa nururan | Salt-seaweed grasses grow On the beach at Shikitsu where On waking is it By the showers alone That my sleeves have dampened? |
Monk Shun’e
Composed as a love poem, when he presented a hundred poem sequence.
おもへどもいはでの山に年をへてくちやはてなん谷のむもれ木
| omoFedomo iFade no yama ni tosi wo Fete kuti ya Fate nan tani no mumoregi | I think on you, yet Stay silent as the Iwade Moutains Through the passing years Might my love rot away, as A drowned tree within the valley? |
Master of the Left Capital Office Akisuke
As a poem on blossom, when he presented a hundred poem sequence to Former Emperor Sutoku.
かづらきやたかまの山のさくら花雲井のよそにみてや過ぎなん
| kaduragi ya takama no yama no sakurabana kumowi no yoso ni mite ya suginan | In Kazuragi On the peak of Takama are Cherry blossoms: Being beyond the clouds Should I overlook them? |
Master of the Left Capital Office Akisuke
Composed as a love poem, when he held a poetry match at his residence, when he was a Middle Captain.
わが恋はあまのかるもにみだれつつかわく間もなきなみのした草
| wa ga koFi Fa ama no karu mo ni midaretutu kawaku ma mo naki nami no sitagusa | My love is as Seaweed reaped by fisherfolk Ever tangled, and Not a moment dry, Weeds beneath the waves… |
Supernumerary Middle Counsellor Toshitada
Composed as a poem on blossom, when he held a poetry match.
をはつせの花のさかりをみわたせばかすみにまがふみねのしら雲
| woFatuse no Fana no sakari wo miwataseba kasumi ni magaFu ne no sirakumo | When at Hatsuse Across the blossoms’ profusion I cast my gaze Entangled in haze are The clouds of white upon the peak. |
Senior Assistant Governor-General of Dazai, Shige’ie
Composed on the conception of unmet love with varying emotions, when he was ordered to produce a hundred poem sequence.
ながらへてかはるこころをみるよりはあふにいのちをかへてましかば
| nagaraFete kaFaru kokoro wo miru yori Fa aFu ni inoti wo kaFetemashi ka ba | To live on and Your inconstant heart See—I’d rather For a meeting my life Exchange… |
The Regent and Minister of the Right
Composed as an autumn poem.
ゆふさればをののあさぢふ玉ちりてこころくだくる風の音かな
| yuFu sareba wono no asadiFu tama tirite kokoro kudakuru kaze no oto kana | When the evening comes All across the cogon-grass plain Scatter gemstones— Heart-tangling is The sound of wind! |
The Regent and Former Minister of the Right
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
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
