[One of] two poems sent by Ōtomo sukune Yakamochi to the Elder Maiden of the House of Sakanoue (a love poem to say that though they had been parted for many years, he hoped they would meet again).
忘れ草我が下紐に付けたれど醜の醜草言にしありけり
wasuregusa
A forgetful day-lily
Ōtomo no Yakamochi
春まけてもの悲しきにさ夜更けて羽振き鳴く鴫誰が田にか住む
paru makete
I cannot wait for spring;
Ōtomo no Yakamochi
あゆの風いたく吹くらし奈呉の海人の釣する小船漕ぎ隠る見ゆ
ayu no kaze
The eastern wind
Ōtomo no Yakamochi
港風寒く吹くらし奈呉の江に妻呼び交し鶴多に鳴く
minato kaze
The wind from off the harbor
Ōtomo no Yakamochi
A poem composed when Senior Clerk Hata no Imiki presented a farewell banquet to Governor Ōtomo, Lord Yakamochi at the Yachishima residence.
奈呉の海の沖つ白波しくしくに思ほえむかも立ち別れなば
nago no umi no
At the sea of Nago
Ōtomo no Yakamochi
A poem composed when he had heard a pheasant calling one dawn.
杉の野にさ踊る雉いちしろく音にしも哭かむ隱妻かも
sugi no no ni
Among the cypress groves
Ōtomo no Yakamochi
A poem on pheasants in springtime, composed by Lord Ōtomo no Yakamochi.
haru no no ni
In the fields in springtime
Ōtomo no Yakamochi
A poem composed at a celebration at the house of Secretary Kume no Hirotada.
牟都奇多都春の初めにかくしつつ相し笑みてば時じけめやも
mutuki tatu
On the year’s turn
Ōtomo no Yakamochi
A poem composed on picking a katakuri bloom.
もののふの八十娘子らが汲み乱ふ寺井の上の堅香子の花
mononopu nokatakago no pana
An array,
Ōtomo no Yakamochi
A poem composed on the banks of the Ogami, in the district of Tonami.
雄神川紅にほふ娘子らし葦付[水松之類]取ると瀬に立たすらし
ogamigapa Upon the River Ogamiashitsuki
Ōtomo no Yakamochi
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