In the conception of broken, forgotten love.
むせぶともしらじな心かはらやにわれのみけたぬしたのけぶりは
musebu tomo
I may be choked, yet
Sada’ie
From the Poetry Contest in 1500 Rounds.
きえわびぬうつろふ人の秋のいろに身をこがらしのもりの白露
kiewabinu
I am too grieved to die!
Sada’ie
From the Hundred Poem Poetry Contest at the house of the Regent and Grand Minister.
わすれずはなれし袖もやこほるらんねぬよのとこのしものさむしろ
wasurezu wa
Had she not forgotten me,
Sada’ie
Topic unknown.
松山と契し人はつれなくて袖こすなみにのこる月かげ
matsuyama to
“As the pine-mantled peak,”
Sada’ie
Composed as a love poem.
かへるさの物とや人のながむらんまつよながらのありあけの月
kaeru sa no
’Tis time to be homeward bound;
Sada’ie
When he composed a hundred poem sequence for the Monk Saigyō and others.
あぢきなくつらきあらしの聲もうしなどゆふぐれにまちならひけん
ajikinaku
’Tis pointless-
Sada’ie
Composed on ‘praying for love’ at hundred poem sequence poetry competition at the house of the Regent and Grand Minister.
としもへぬいのる契ははつせ山おのへのかねのよその夕ぐれ
toshi mo henu
Years have gone by,
Sada’ie
Love in winter.
とこのしもまくらの氷きえわびぬむすびもをかぬ人の契に
toko no shimo With frostfall upon my bed,
Sada’ie
Composed on ‘love by the sea’.
すまのあまの袖にふきこすしほ風のなるとはすれどてにもたまらず
suma no ama no sode ni fukikosu
At Suma the fisher-folks’
Sada’ie
At the poetry competition held at the house of the Regent and Grand Minister.
なびかじなあまのもしほびたきそめてけぶりはそらにくゆりわぶとも
nabikaji na
She has not so much as waved to me, yet
Fujiwara no Sada’ie
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