Composed as a poem on blossom.
桜咲く比良の山風吹くままに花になりゆく志賀の浦浪
| sakura saku Fira no yamakaze Fuku mama ni Fana ni nariyuku siga no uranami |
Cherries flower on Hira Mountain while Breezes blow All turned to blossom are The waves on Shiga’s shore. |
Middle Captain of the Inner Palace Guards, Left Division, [Fujiwara no] Yoshitsune
左近中将良経
Composed on ‘long hidden love’ at the Poetry Office Poetry Competition.
いその神ふるの神すぎふりぬれどいろにはいでずつゆも時雨も
| isonokami furu no kami sugi furinuredo iro ni wa idezu tsuyu mo shigure mo |
In Isonokami At Furu, the ancient, sacred cedar trees Are old, yet Their colours never change With dew or shower fall… |
The Regent and Grand Minister [Fujiwara no Yoshitsune]
藤原良経
When he presented a fifty-poem sequence.
みなかみやたえだえこほるいはまよりきよたき河にのこる白浪
| minakami ya taedae kōru iwama yori kiyotakigawa ni nokoru shiranami |
Is the torrent’s face Only partly frozen? For between the rocks In the river Kiyotaki Remain white waters. |
The Regent and Grand Minister [Fujiwara no Yoshitsune] (1169 – 1206)
藤原良経
From when he presented a hundred poem sequence.
さゝの葉はみ山もさやにうちそよぎこほれる霜を吹嵐かな
| sasa no ha wa miyama mo saya ni uchisoyogi koreru shimo o fuku arashi kana |
The bamboo grass leaves On Miyama clearly Rustle: The frozen frost Blown by the storm, perhaps? |
The Regent and Grand Minister [Fujiwara no Yoshitsune] (1169 – 1206)
藤原良経
From when he held a poetry contest in five hundred rounds at his house.
ものおもはでかゝるつゆやは袖にをくながめてけりな秋のゆふぐれ
| mono’omowade kakaru tsuyu ya wa sode ni oku nagametekeri na aki no yūgure |
Not being sunk in gloomy thought Why should such dew Drop on my sleeves? Perhaps, I’ve gazed too long upon the rain In the autumn twilight. |
The Regent and Grand Minister [Fujiwara no Yoshitsune] (1169 – 1206)
藤原良経
Topic unknown.
くれかゝるむなしきそらの秋をみておぼえずたまる袖のつゆかな
| kurekakaru munashiki sora no aki o mite oboezu tamaru sode no tsuyu kana |
Touched with darkness, The empty skies in Autumn: at the sight With no clear reason, pools Dewfall on my sleeves. |
The Regent and Grand Minister [Fujiwara no Yoshitsune] (1169 – 1206)
藤原良経
From the Poetry Contest in 1500 Rounds.
ふかくさのつゆのよすがを契にてさとをばかれず秋はきにけり
| fukakusa no tsuyu no yosuga wo chigiri nite sato o ba karezu aki wa kinikeri |
Deep within the grasses of Fukakusa, The dewfall links to Your fate: No parting from this house- Autumn has come, I hear. |
The Regent and Grand Minister [Fujiwara no Yoshitsune] (1169-1206)
藤原良経
Composed in the conception of the cold after the beginning of Spring at the hundred poem sequence poetry competition at his house.
そらはなをかすみもやらず風さえて雪げにくもる春のよの月
| sora wa nao kasumi mo yarazu kaze saete yukige ni kumoru haru no yo no tsuki |
The skies are still Untouched by haze; The wind clearly brings A sense of snow to cloud The moon, this springtime night. |
The Regent and Grand Minister [Fujiwara no Yoshitsune]
藤原良経