On new herbs, from a hundred poem sequence he presented to the Grand Shrine.
けふとてやいそなつむらんいせしまやいちしのうらのあまのをとめご
| kyô tote ya isona tsumuran ise shima ya ichishi no ura no ama no otomego |
Today’s the day, and so I wonder, will they gather seaweeds? On the isle of Ise At the beach of Ichishi, The fisher-maids… |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office Toshinari
藤原俊成
Sent to a woman whom he had grown accustomed to seeing who served in the same place.
伊勢の海にしほやくあまの藤衣なるとはすれとあはぬ君かな
| ise no umi ni siFo yaku ama no Fudi koromo naru to Fa suredo aFanu kimi kana |
By the sea at Ise, Brine-burning, the fisher-folks’ Violet garb Is a familiar sight-as are you, yet I have not met you, have I? |
Ōshikōchi no Mitsune
凡河内躬恒
Composed on ‘love in the evening’.
もしほやくあまのいそやのゆふけぶりたつなもくるし思たえなで
| moshio yaku ama no iso ya no yû keburi tatsu na mo kurushi omoi taenade |
Seaweed-salt burning, From fisher-folks’ huts upon the rocky shore In the evening smoke Rises-painful to lose my good name, yet I cannot bear this longing. |
Fujiwara no Hideyoshi
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 ama no moshiobi takisomete keburi wa sora ni kuyuri wabu tomo |
She has not so much as waved to me, yet The fisher-folk salt fires Have begun to kindle and The smoke into the skies Has yet to rise… |
Fujiwara no Sada’ie
藤原定家
In the conception of ‘love for someone unknown’.
あまのかるみるめをなみにまがへつゝなぐさのはまをたづねわびぬる
| ama no karu mirume o nami ni magaetsutsu nagusa no hama o tazune wabinuru |
The fisher-folk harvest Algae from the waves-avoiding others eyes I roam-sometimes lost to view; To the beach at Nagusa-what is your name? I ask-I pay a call, in my sorrow. |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office Toshinari
藤原俊成
When the governor of Michinoku, [Tachibana no] Norimitsu was a Chamberlain, and she wanted to let him know that they were finished, she retired to her home, saying, ‘If people ask, don’t tell them where I am.’ When he sent back to her, saying, ‘What am I to do if people demand to know-as your husband I should know, surely?’ she bundled up some seaweed and sent it to him. Norimitsu didn’t understand and came to her, asking, ‘What on earth do you think you are doing?’. So she composed this poem.
潛ぎする蜑の在所をそこなりとゆめいふなとやめをくはせけん
| kadugisuru ama no arika wo soko nari to yume iFu na to ya me wo kuFaseken |
‘When beneath the waves, The fisher-folk may be found At the bottom there!’ Tell no one at all- Eat the seaweed-will you see the signs, I wonder! |
Sei Shōnagon
清少納言