A poem presented to Prince Osakabe, composed on viewing the image of a sage.
とこしへに夏冬行けや裘扇放たぬ山に住む人
| tokosipe ni natu puyu yuke ya kapagoromo apugi patanu yama ni sumu pito |
Not eternally, As summer and winter’s passage, yet His coat of fur, and Fan, never will he release This mountain-dwelling man… |
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Collection
柿本人麻呂歌集
Fans (扇)
神神に心ながさをちかふともききひらきてぞあふぎなるへき
| kamigami ni kokoro nagasa o chikau tomo kiki hirakite zo ōgi narubeki |
To all the Gods An ever-faithful heart I pledge, yet For all the attention they give, A fan I might as well be! |
Toshiyori
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 Snow does my heart Go back and forth? This fan’s breeze Seems cool, indeed! |
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 It pierce my soul! At early evening, The sight of you By fan’s breeze brushed… |
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 aFugi no kaze ni kumo Farete sora sumiwataru kasasagi no Fasi |
Upon the River of Heaven, The breeze of her fan Clears the clouds, and Soaring ‘cross the skies goes A bridge of magpies. |
Kiyowara no Motosuke
This poem is also Wakan rōeishū 202.
On the 21st day of the Fifth Month Tenroku 4 [973], former emperor En’yū, who was then the sovereign, visited the Princess of the First Order [Shishi 資子] and, following a loss at a game with go counters, on the 7th day of the Seventh Month, the Princess had a fan wrapped in thin cloth and presented to the imperial pantry.
天の川河辺涼しき七夕に扇の風を猶やかさまし
| ama no kaFa kaFabe suzusiki tanabata ni aFugi no kaze wo naFo ya kasamasi |
On the River of Heaven’s Shore, cool In early autumn Is this fan’s breeze: I wonder, should I lend it you more? |
Nakatsukasa
This poem is also Wakan rōeishū 201.
Composed for a folding screen of the moon, during the Engi period.
夏はつる扇と秋の白露といづれかまづはおかむとすらん
| natsu hatsuru ōgi to aki no shiratsuyu to izure ka mazu wa okamu to suran |
With the end of summer My fan or the autumn’s Silver dewdrops Which will be the first To fall, I wonder! |
Mibu no Tadamine
This poem is also Wakan rōeishū 169.
Her reply.
秋はてゝ扇かへすは憂けれどもさすがに忌むと見るぞうれしき
| aki Fatete aFugi kaFesu Fa ukeredomo sasugani imu to miru zo ureshiki |
That autumn and your longings are done, and To have my fan returned Is bitter, indeed, yet, As expected, to be shunned by you: Now that is a pleasant thought, indeed! |
On returning a fan to the same lady, around autumn.
秋はてぬいまは扇もかへしてむなを頼むかと人もこそみれ
| aki Fatenu ima Fa aFugi mo kaFesitemu nawo tanomu ka to Fito mo koso mire |
Autumn’s longings are at an end, so Now, your fan I do return, lest Further entreaties to make I have – or so you’d think! |
His reply.
身のならむかたも知られぬ別れにはまして扇のゆくへまでには
| mi no naramu kata mo sirarenu wakare ni Fa masite aFugi no yukuFe made ni Fa |
What I should do I know not at all upon Our parting; Truly, for my fan’s Location I care not! |