いろふかくをしみぞとむるきくの花よをへてみよとしもはおかなむ
iro fukaku oshimi zo tomuru kiku no hana yo o hete miyo to shimo wa okanamu Their hues as deep
[Fujiwara no] Motokata
かをとめてをしむばかりぞきくのはなしももきえずはいろもみえじを
ka o tomete oshimu bakari zo kiku no hana shimo mo kiezu wa iro mo mieji o Their lingering scent
[Minamoto no] Moro’akira
りんだうの花とも人を見てしかなかれやははつるしもがくれつつ
rindō no hana to mo hito o miteshi kana kare ya wa hatsuru shimogakuretsutsu The gentian
Izumi Shikibu
Created with Soan.
Major Captain of the Left Asamitsu had not visited her for a long time, when he came to see her on her travels; having no pillow, they wove one out of grass.
あふことはこれやかぎりの旅ならん草のまくらも霜がれにけり
au koto wa Will our meeting
The Uma Handmaid
Silver Grass
Left
ひとしれずおひぬものから花すすきなどかあきしもほにはいづらん
hito shirezu oinu mono kara hanasusuki nado ka aki shimo ho ni wa izuran Unknown to all
3
Right
まねくかとみてたちよれば花すすきうちふくかぜになびくなりけり
maneku ka to mite tachiyoreba hanasusuki uchifuku kaze ni nabiku narikeri Wondering at being beckoned,
4
Winter
Round Eleven
Left
霜のうへにふる初雪の朝氷とけむほどこそひさしかりけれ
shimo no ue ni furu hatsuyuki no asagōri tokemu hodo koso hisashikarikere Upon the frosts
20[1]
Right (Win)
いつのまにふりつもりけんみよしのの山のかひよりくづれ落つる雪
itsu no ma ni furitsumoriken miyoshino no yama no kai yori kuzure’otsuru yuki All of a sudden
21
[1] Kokin rokujō I: 696
'Simply moving and elegant'
