Topic unknown.
あしびきの山のあなたにすむ人はまたでや秋の月をみるらん
| ashihiki no yama no anata ni sumu hito wa matade ya aki no tsuki o miruran | On the leg-wearying Mountains’ far side Folk dwell—I wonder Do they not have to wait for the autumn Moon to fill their gaze? |
Former Emperor Sanjō
Topic unknown.
人もをし人もうらめしあぢきなく世を思ふゆゑにものおもふ身は
| hito mo oshi hito mo urameshi ajikinaku yo o omou yue ni mono’omou mi wa | Some folk I hold dear, and Some folk I despise, Pointlessly Brooding on this world Sunk in gloomy thought. |
Former Emperor Gotoba
Composed saying he would pass the barrier at Meeting Hill at night.
あふ坂の関には人もなかりけりいは井の水のもるにまかせて
| aFusaka no seki ni Fa Fito mo nakarikeri iFawi no midu no moru ni makasete | At Meeting Hill’s Barrier of folk There is no sign— To the water from the rocky spring’s Guarded dripping is it entrusted… |
Hōribe no Narinaka
Topic unknown.
かなしさもあはれもたぐひおほかるを人にふるさぬことの葉もがな
| kanashisa mo aware mo tagui ōkaru o hito ni furusanu koto no ha mogana | Sorrow and Sadness, such terms Are many, but If only folk had never used before The words I’d say to you! |
Kentoku-kō
Composed on the conception of secret love, when His Majesty’s gentlemen presented hundred poem sequences during the reign of former emperor Nijō.
月待つと人にはいひてながむればなぐさめがたきゆふぐれの空
| tsuki matsu to hito ni wa iite nagamureba nagusamegatai yūgure no sora | ‘I’m waiting for the moon,’ I say to folk, but Gazing out, I find no consolation in The twilight skies. |
Minister of Justice Norikane
Composed on spending spring accompanied by nothing but blossom.
ちらぬ間は花をともにて過ぎぬべし春よりのちのしる人もがな
| tiranu ma Fa Fana wo tomo nite suginubesi Faru yori noti no siru Fito mogana | While still unscattered The blossom is my only friend, and When ‘tis past And spring is gone, then Would I have folk to know! |
The Hanazono Minister of the Left
Topic uknown.
うれしくはわするるひともありなましつらきぞながきかたみなりける
| ureshiku wa wasururu hito mo arinamashi tsuraki zo nagaki katami narikeru | Happiness will Be forgotten by folk I’m sure, but Cold cruelty an enduring Keepsake will be. |
Fukayabu
Composed gazing at the moon over Hirosawa.
すむ人もなき山ざとのあきの夜は月のひかりもさびしかりけり
| sumu Fito mo naki yamazato no aki no yo Fa tuki no Fikari mo sabisikarikeri | No folk dwell around This mountain retreat, where On an autumn night The moon’s very light is Filled with lonliness. |
Lord Fujiwara no Norinaga
From the Poetry Match held during the reign of the Tenryaku Emperor.
しのぶれど色にいでにけりわが恋は物や思ふと人のとふまで
| sinoburedo iro ni idenikeri wa ga koFi Fa mono ya omoFu to Fito no toFu made | I kept it secret, but Passion’s hues will reveal themselves; so Of my love, ‘Is there something on your mind?’ Folk have gone so far to ask… |
Taira no Kanemori
When the parents of a woman with whom he had been conversing secretly heard about it and forbade it.
かずならばかからましやは世中にいとかなしきはしづのをだまき
| kazu naraba kakaramashi ya yo no naka ni ito kanashiki wa shizu no odamaki | If I were as other folk, then I would not be treated so! In this mundane world A thread of sorrow winds on The bobbin of my sorry lot! |
Consultant [Ono no] Takamura
