Composed on ‘a storm at night while on a journey’ at the poetry competition at the home of the Regent and Grand Minister.
いづくにかこよひはやどをかり衣ひもゆふぐれのみねのあらしに
| izuku ni ka koyoi wa yado o kari koromo hi mo yûgure no mine no arashi ni |
Where, indeed, On this night lodging Might I find; my hunting robes Sash tightening; with the evening sun Storm winds come from the peak. |
Sada’ie
定家
Topic unknown.
わするなよやどるたもとはかはるともかたみにしぼるよはの月かげ
| wasuru na yo yadoru tamoto wa kawaru tomo katami ni shiboru yowa no tsuki kage |
Do not forget! The sleeves they rest upon May change, yet ‘Tis rembrance you’ll wring out With this night’s moonlight. |
Sada’ie
定家
In the Autumn [of the year] his mother died, on a day when a typhoon was blowing, he went to where she had lived…
たまゆらのつゆも涙もとゞまらずなき人こふるやどの秋風
| tamayura no tsuyu mo namida mo todomarazu nakibito koru yado no aki kaze |
Fleeting, indeed, are Dew and tear drops, both Unceasing; She loved This house, where Autumn winds blow now. |
Sada’ie
定家
When the Regent and Grand Minister was a Major Councillor, he had this composed on snow upon a mountain hut.
まつ人のふもとのみちはたえぬらんのきばのすぎに雪をもるなり
| matsu hito no fumoto no michi wa taenuran nokiba no sugi ni yuki o moru nari |
Awaiting one whose Path among the foothills Has vanished, I think; The cedar by my eaves Is buried deep in snow. |
Sada’ie
定家
When the Regent and Grand Minister [Fujiwara no Yoshitsune] was Colonel of the Left, he held a poetry competition in one hundred rounds at his house. A poem composed on the oak tree.
時わかぬなみさへ色にいづみがははゝそのもりに嵐ふくらし
| toki wakanu nami sae iro ni izumigawa hahaso no mori ni arashi fukurashi |
Untouched by changing seasons are The waves, yet have they taken colour, On Izumi river; In the oak groves Storms rage through, it seems. |
Fujiwara no Sada’ie
藤原定家
When the Regent and Grand Minister had fifty poems on the moon composed at his house.
さむしろやまつよの秋の風ふけて月をかたしくうぢのはしひめ
| samushiro ya matsu yo no aki no kaze fukete tsuki o katashiku uji no hashihime |
Chill, this thin straw mat; Awaiting through the night as the Autumn Wind blows stronger, Moonlight falling all around, My maid at Uji Bridge. |
Sada’ie
定家