In a hundred poem sequence, on the spirit of calming the heart every day in the early morning.
しづかなるあか月ごとに見わたせばまだふかきよの夢ぞかなしき
| shizukanaru akatsuki goto ni miwataseba mada fukaki yo no yume zo kanashiki |
How peaceful is Every single dawn; I gaze out, yet Still in the depths of night I dream–a grief, indeed. |
Princess Shokushi
式子内親王
In a hundred poem sequnce, after the passing of [her father] Retired Emperor Go-Shirakawa.
おのゝえのくちしむかしはとをけれどありしにもあらぬよをもふる哉
| ono no e no kuchishi mukashi wa tokeredo arishi ni mo aranu yo o mo furu kana |
My axe handle Rotted long ago In the distant past, yet It was, and now is not– And I live on in this world. |
Princess Shokushi
式子内親王
In the conception of a mountain dwelling, when she presented a hundred poem sequence.
いまはわれ松のはしらのすぎのいほにとづべき物をこけふかき袖
| ima wa ware matsu no hashira no sugi no io ni tozubeki mono o koke fukaki sode |
Now, I – In pillars of pine and A cedar roofed-hut Shall remain enclosed, Moss heavy on my sleeves. |
Princess Shokushi
式子内親王
On remembering times long past, when she had served as the Shrine Priestess at Kamo.
ほとゝぎすそのかみ山のたび枕ほのかたらひしそらぞわすれぬ
| hotototgisu sono kami yama no tabi makura hono kataraishi sora zo wasurenu |
O, Cuckoo! When on that holy mount I briefly laid my head, Faintly your call came From the sky–never will I forget it. |
Princess Shokushi
式子内親王
From a hundred poem sequence.
いきてよもあすまで人もつらからじこの夕ぐれをとはゞとへかし
| ikite yo mo asu made hito mo tsurakaraji kono yūgure o towaba toe kashi |
Living in this world I shall do until the morrow, for his Cruelty I would endure no longer; On this evening Should he call, ’twould be the right one. |
Princess Shokushi
式子内親王