Flutes 笛
まきの戸をあけがたにても笛竹のこちくの声ぞ人だのめなる
maki no to o By my door of cedar wood[1]
Daishin
[1] An allusive variation on Kintō-shū 511
Flutes 笛
此さとに神楽やすらん笛の音のさ夜ふけがたにきこゆなりけり
kono sato ni At this hamlet,
Higo
Flutes 笛
波の音にたぐへてぞ聞く住の江の汀にて吹くこま笛の声
nami no oto The sound of waves
Kanemasa
Flutes 笛
ことわりや宿につくりし竹なれば笛のねにてもそめるなりけり
kotowari ya How natural it is—that
Tadafusa
Flutes 笛
青竹を雲のうへ人ふきたてて春のうぐひすさへづらすなり
aotake o The famed flute, Aotake, by
Toshiyori
Flutes 笛
吹きたつる笛のしらべの声きけばのどけきちりもあらじとぞおもふ
fukitatsuru When, soaring,
Nakazane
Flutes 笛
fuetake no Is it the flute that
Akinaka
When a man came in the middle of the night, he returned home after hearing that she was asleep; the following morning, on learning what had happened, she composed this in response to the man’s explanation.
ふしにけりさしも思はゞ笛竹の音をぞせまし夜更けたりとも
Fusinikeri
‘Tis true I was abed;bamboo flute ,
Izumi Shikibu
'Simply moving and elegant'