When the gentlemen of the court were presenting hundred-poem sequences, He composed this on the spirit of celebration.
白雲にはねうちつけてとぶ鶴の遙に千世の思ほゆるかな
| siragumo ni Fane utitukete tobu tadu no Faruka ni titose no omoFoyuru kana |
Upon the clouds so white, Beating wings, The flying cranes- A distant prospect of a thousand years I feel. |
Emperor Nijō
二条天皇
The day after someone’s third son had had his coming-of-age ceremony, Motosuke sent this to him.
松島の磯にむれゐる蘆鶴のをのがさまざまみえし千代かな
| matusima no iso ni murewiru asitadu no wono ga samazama miesi tiyo kana |
At Matsushima’s Rocky shore, the flocking Cranes among the reeds, Each and every one Has seen a thousand passing years. |
When Tsurayuki was in the province of Izumi, Tadafusa came over from Yamato and composed and sent this poem.
君を思ひおきつのはまになくたづの尋ねくればぞありとだにきく
| kimi wo omoFi okitu no Fama ni naku tadu no tadune kureba zo ari to dani kiku |
Concerned for you By Okitsu beach The calling cranes Come and enquire Finding you in good health, at least. |
Fujiwara no Tadafusa