Composed gazing at Otowa Falls at Mount Hiei.
おちたぎつ瀧の水神年つもり老いにけらしむ黑きすぢなし
otitagitu
Tumbling seething
Tadamine忠岑
Composed and sent to someone he knew who had gone to Sumiyoshi.
住吉とあまはつぐともながゐすな人忘草おふといふなり
sumiyosi to
Sumiyoshi is a pleasant place to stay,
Mibu no Tadamine壬生忠岑
Composed when he paid a condolence call on someone in mourning.
すみぞめの君がたもとは雲なれやたえず涙の雨とのみふる
sumizome no
Dark grey
Tadamine忠岑
Composed in mourning for his father.
ふぢ衣はつるるいとはわび人の涙の玉のをとぞなりける
Fudi koromo
From this violet robe
Mibu no Tadamine壬生忠岑
Composed when Ki no Tomonori died.
時しもあれ秋やは人のわかるべきあるを見るだにこひしきものを
toki si mo are
Why of all seasons
Mibu no Tadamine壬生忠岑
Composed when his older sister died.
瀨を塞けば淵となりても淀みけり別れを止むるしがらみぞなき
se wo sekeba
When the rapids are blocked,
Mibu no Tadamine壬生忠岑
Composed when someone he knew well died.
寢るがうちに見るをのみやは夢といはむはかなき世をも現とは見ず
nuru ga uti ni
When in sleep –
Mibu no Tadamine壬生忠岑
Topic unknown.
陸奧にありといふなるなとり河無き名とりては苦しかりけり
mitinoku ni In MichinokuRiver Natori -Stealer of Names-
Tadamine忠岑
Topic unknown.
晨明のつれなく見えし別より曉計うき物はなし
ariake no
At the dawning
Tadamine忠岑
Topic unknown.
いのちにもまさりてをしくある物は見はてぬ夢の覺むるなりけり
inoti ni mo
More than my life
Tadamine忠岑
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