In the conception of hidden love, at the Poetry Office Poetry Competition.
きえねたゞしのぶの山のみねの雲かゝる心のあともなきまで
| kiene tada shinobu no yama no mine no kumo kakaru kokoro no ato mo naki made |
If only I could die right now! Shinobu mountain’s Peak with cloud Is wreathed-before, yearning, my heart Leaves no trace… |
Masatsune
From the [Rōjaku] Fifty Round Poetry Contest.
きのふまでよそにしのびしゝたおぎのすゑ葉のつゆに秋風ぞ吹
| kinō made yoso ni shinobishi shitaogi no sueha no tsuyu ni akikaze zo fuku |
Up to yesterday ’ Twas hidden on the other side: Beneath the trees, upon the grasses Dew tipped fronds Blows the autumn wind. |
Fujiwara no Masatsune (1170-1221)
For a picture of Asaka Marsh, drawn on a screen in the Saishō Hall of the Four Heavenly Kings.
のべはいまだあさかのぬまにかるくさのかつ見るまゝにしげるころかな
| nobe wa imada asaka no numa ni karu kusa no katsu miru mama ni shigeru koro kana |
Not yet in the fields, but At the marsh of Asaka The stalks for reaping of Wild rice – under my eyes Grow lushly upwards now. |
Fujiwara no Masatsune (1170 – 1221)