A poem from a poetry competition held by Her Majesty, the Empress, during the Kanpyō period.
霞立春の山辺はとをけれど吹くる風は花の香ぞする
kasumi tatu Hazes rise
Ariwara no Motokata
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Composed when someone said there was nothing that scattered as swiftly as cherry blossom.
桜花とくちりぬとも思ほえず人の心ぞ風もふきあへぬ
sakurabana Cherry blossoms
Tsurayuki
Heat Haze
しづけくて吹きくる風もなき空にみだれてあそぶいとぞみえける
shizukekute Even a gently
Tadafusa
Clouds 雲
吹く風にただよふ空のうき雲をいつまでよその物とかはみん
fuku kaze ni With the gusting wind
Higo, from the Residence of the Kyōgoku Regent
Composed when a large number of the Junior Consort’s ladies conducted blossom-viewing during the reign of former Emperor Horikawa.
春毎にあかぬ匂をさくら花いかなる風のをしまざるらむ
Faru goto ni
Every single spring
Chikuzen Wet Nurse
Composed when he was asked by people in the capital what the moon had been like, when he had returned there, after going to Akashi to gaze upon it, at a time when it was particularly bright.
有明の月もあかしの浦風に波ばかりこそよるとみえしか
ariake no
The dawntime
Taira no Tadamori
風の間に散る淡雪のはかなくてところどころに降るぞわひしき
kaze no ma ni
In the breeze
Fans (扇)
ふりつみし雪に心のかよへばやあふぎの風のすずしかるらむ
furitsumishi yuki ni kokoro no kayoeba ya ōgi no kaze no suzushikaruramu Through fallen, drifted
Fujiwara no Nakazane
Fans (扇)
つねよりも身にもしむかな夕ざれの君にあふぎのかぜの気色は
tsune yori mo mi ni mo shimu kana yūsare no kimi ni ōgi no kaze no keshiki wa More than normal does
Minamoto no Akinaka
An allusive variation on: Horikawa hyakushu 646 .
天の川扇の風に雲晴れて空澄みわたる鵲の橋
ama no kaFa
Upon the River of Heaven,
Kiyowara no Motosuke
This poem is also Wakan rōeishū 202.
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