When remembering the reign of Emperor Kazan, together with Middle Captain Michinobu.
花の香に袖をつゆけみ小野山の山の上こそ思ひやらるれ
| Fana no ka ni sode wo tuyukemi wonoyama no yama no uFe ni koso omoFiyararure |
The scent of blossoms has drawn The dew to drench my sleeves; Onoyama: How strongly does the mountain’s peak Attract my thoughts… |
Sent to Middle Captain Michinobu with blossom attached, at about the same time:
墨染のころも憂き世の花盛りをり忘れても折りてけるかな
| sumizome no koromo uki yo no Fanazakari wori wasurete mo woritekeru kana |
All are in ink-dyed Clothes, yet in this cruel world Blossom blooms most freely; Forgetful of the time, Did I pluck these. |
On seeing scarlet leaves at the Sakurai (‘Cherry Well’) Estate in autumn.
秋風の吹くに散りかふもみぢばを花とやおもふ櫻井の里
| aki kaze no Fuku ni tirikaFu momidiba wo Fana to ya omoFu sakurawi no sato |
The autumn wind Blows back and forth Scarlet leaves: How like blossom they do seem, At the Cherry Well estate! |
In the year in which Lord Tamemasa was Imperial messenger to the festival at Iwashimizu Hachiman Shrine, on the day after I been a dancer there and was returning home, on wearing blossom in our hair:
桂川かざしの花の影みえしきのふのふちぞ今日は戀しき
| katuragaFa kazasi no Fana no kage miesi kinoFu no Futi zo keFu Fa koFisiki |
By the River Katsura The blossom in your hair Shining I saw: The tranquil, violet deeps of yesterday Are dear, indeed, to me today. |
宿借らん交野の御野の狩衣日も夕暮の花の下陰
| yado karan katano no mino no karigoromo hi mo yugure no hana no shitakage |
Let me beg lodging, As on the demesne of Katano, My hunting garb’s Belt I tighten, sheltering from the evening sun In the shade beneath the blossoms. |