At a time when the Regent and Grand Minister was a colonel, he had this composed for him as part of a hundred poem sequence.
かさゝぎの雲のかけはし秋くれて夜半には霜やさえわたるらん
| kasasagi no kumo no kakewashi aki kurete yowa ni wa shimo ya saewataruran |
The magpies’ Bridge, spans the clouds, And at the end of autumn In night’s depths, is it the frost That falls all around. |
The Monk Jakuren (d. 1202)
寂蓮
In a fifty-poem sequence for Priest-Prince Shukaku
しもまよふそらにしほれしかりがねのかへるつばさに春雨ぞふる
| shimo mayou sora ni shioreshi kari ga ne no kaeru tsubasa ni harusame zo furu |
Wracked by frosts, The skies, where drenched The geese, calling, Homeward bound, wingbeats Stirring Spring rains’ fall. |
Fujiwara no Sada’ie
藤原定家
Composed as a travel poem during a hundred poem sequence.
花咲きし野べの景色も霜がれぬ是にてぞ知る旅の日數を
| Fana sakisi nobe no kesiki mo simogarenu kore nite zo siru tabi no Fi kazu wo |
The flowers bloomed Within the fields-the scene Now frost-seared; From this it is I know The number of my journey’s days. |
The Ōimikado Minister of the Right [Fujiwara no] Kin’yoshi
A poem composed at a competition held by Her Majesty, the Empress during the Kampyō era (889-898).
ささのはにおく霜よりもひとりぬるわが衣手ぞさえまさりける
| sasa no Fa ni woku simo yori mo Fitori nuru wa ga koromode zo saemasarikeru | On bamboo grass leaves Settles frost, but Sleeping alone, My sleeves Are colder still by far. |
Ki no Tomonori
紀友則
On frost.
はなはだも夜更けてな行き道の邊の齋笹の上に霜の降る夜を
| panapada mo yo pukete na yuki miti nö be nö yusasa nö upë ni simo nö puru yo wo |
It’s so deep At night-don’t go! Along your path Atop the bamboo grass Frost has formed tonight. |