From the Poetry Contest in Fifteen Hundred Rounds.
ima wa tote
haru no ariake ni
chiru hana ya
tsuki ni mo oshiki
mine no shirakumo | Is now the time—that
In the spring dawn
With the blossom scattering
The moon, too, regrets leaving
The white clouds round the peaks? |
Sanuki from the Nijō Palace
二条院讃岐
Topic unknown.
心あらむひとのためとやかすむらんなにはのみつのはるのあけぼの
kokoro aramu
hito no tame to ya
kasumuran
naniwa no mitsu no
haru no akebono | For sensitive
Folks’ sake—do you
Seem to haze?
At Mitsu in Naniwa
The dawn in springtime. |
Former Emperor Gotoba
A poem from the Poetry Contest held by the Dowager Empress during the Reign of the Kanpyō Emperor.
あき山に恋する鹿の声たてて鳴きぞしぬべき君がこぬよは
akiyama ni
koisuru shika no
koe tatete
naki zo shinubeki
kimi ga konu yo wa | In the autumn mountains
A loving stag
Cries out,
I could die from weeping
On nights you fail to come to call… |
Anonymous
A poem from the Poetry Contest held by the Dowager Empress during the Reign of the Kanpyō Emperor.
よそにみし人におもひをつけそめてこころからこそしたにこがるれ
yoso ni mishi
hito ni omoi o
tsukesomete
kokoro kara koso
shita ni kogarure | Casually did I see
Her, and the fires of passion
First ignited;
From within my heart,
I secretly smoulder. |
Anonymous
山田守る僧都の身こそ哀なれなれ秋果てぬれば問ふ人も無し
yamada moru
sōzu no mi koso
aware nare
aki hatenureba
tou hito mo nashi |
Warding mountain fields,
Even a monk will
Feel sad
When autumn ends, and
No one comes to call… |
Anonymous
This poem is also Mandaishū XIV: 2944.
'Simply moving and elegant'
