Topic unknown.
ながらへば又この比やしのばれんうしと見し世ぞいまは恋しき
nagaraeba mata kono koro ya shinobaren ushi to mishi yo zo ima wa koishiki Should long be my life, then [i]
Lord Kiyosuke
Created with Soan . [i] This poem is also listed in Kiyosuke’s personal collection, Kiyosuke-shū (400), with the headnote ‘Sent to the Sanjō Minister of the Centre when he was Middle Captain, at a time I was recollecting bygone days’ (Shinpen kokka taikan henshū iinkai 1987, 496.). The Sanjō Minister of the Centre was Kiyosuke’s cousin, Sanjō Kinnori 三条公教 (1103-1160), who held the position of Middle Captain of the Inner Palace Guards, Left Division between the Fourth Month, Daiji 5 [May 1130] and the Eleventh Month, Hōen 2 [November 1136], dating this poem to that period.
Left
なが月はこしひよりこそをしまるれいまはかぎりの秋とおもへば
nagatsuki wa koshi hi yori koso oshimaru ima wa kagiri no aki to omoeba The longest month’s[i]
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Right (Win)
とふ人もなきものゆゑにあぢきなくいはんまもなくをしき秋かな
tou hito mo naki mono yue ni ajikinaku iwan ma mo naku oshiki aki kana Visiting folk are
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[i] Nagatsuki 長月 (‘longest month’) was an alternate name for the Ninth Month of the lunar calendar, which was the final month of the season of autumn.
Sent to a woman.
春の日のながき思ひはわすれじを人の心に秋やたつらむ
Faru no Fi no Springtime’s days
Anonymous
On the seventh day, saying that the Supernumerary Minor Captain was particularly skilled in such matters, a number of courtiers had composed poems in advance.
おもひ侘びしなんとなしに歎くらん後世にしもあはじものゆゑ
omoiwabi shinan to nashi ni nagekuran nochi no yo ni shi mo awaji mono yue Sunk in sorrowful thought
Kunizane
Is it really so dreadfully sad that something has long continued until now, without thinking the above?
Love
Left
恋せじと御手洗川に御祓して神うけつらんとおもほゆるかな
koi seji to mitarashigawa ni oharaishite kami uketsuran to omohoyuru kana I’ll not fall in love, and
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恋なれどそこにもすまぬひれはみづにごれりとおもほゆるかな
koi naredo soko ni mo sumanu hire wa mizu nigoreri to omohoyuru kana This is love, yet
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こひわたる程のふかさにそめ川の色あさからじとおもほゆるかな
koiwataru hodo no fukasa ni somekawa no iro asakaraji to omohoyuru kana So long have I loved you that
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Right
おもふとて夕ぐれがたのながめをや人待つほどの恋といふらん
omou tote yūguregata no nagame o ya hito matsu hodo no koi to iuran Thinking of him
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年の内にあまる月日の有りければかぞへのうちにははわぶるかな
toshi no uchi ni amaru tsuki hi no arikereba kazoe no uchi ni haha waburu kana Throughout the year
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Love Waiting for Someone 待人恋
いつとなくこぬみの浜の人まつとただよふなみのたえぬ日ぞなき
itsu to naku Never does
Toshiyori
Kindling 薪
かれはててたきぎになりし昔よりたきすてらるる日をぞかぞふる
karehatete Dried up and withered
Toshiyori
On parting from love.
しばしとてひがふる衣の後手にとりぞへらるる黒髪も憂し
shibashi tote
Swiftly
Shōtetsu
Topic unknown.
岩根踏み重なる山はなけれども逢はぬ日数を恋や渡らん
iFane Fumi
Crag trodden
The Elder Maiden of Sakanoue
秋の日のあやしきほどの黄昏に荻吹く風の音ぞ聞ゆる
aki no Fi no
Autumn days
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