Composed on evening haze.
なごの海の霞のまよりながむれば入る日をあらふ沖つ白波
| nago no umi no kasumi no ma yori nagamureba iru hi o arau oki tsu shiranami |
At the sea at Nago Between the hazy gaps I gaze: Bathed by the setting sun Are the whitecaps in the offing. |
The Gotokudaiji Minister of the Left
後徳大寺左大臣
[Fujiwara no Sanesada 藤原実定]
A poem composed for a screen for the consort who entered the palace in the sixth year of Bunji (1190).
いつもきくふもとのさとゝおもへどもきのふにかはる山おろしの風
| itsumo kiku fumoto no sato to omoedomo kinō ni kawaru yama oroshi no kaze |
Ever does one hear it, Dwelling at the mountain’s foot I feel, yet ’ Tis changed since yesterday: The wind storming down the mountain. |
The Gotokudaiji Minister of the Left [Fujiwara no Sanesada](1139-1191)
Composed in the conception of the moon over a shrine, at the same poetry competition.
ふりにける松物いはゞとひてまし昔もかくや住の江の月
| Furinikeru matu mono iFaba toFitemasi mukasi mo kaku ya sumi no e no tuki |
The ancient Pines-if only they could speak! For I would ask, Of old was it as bright: The moon on Sumiyoshi Bay? |
The Minister of the Right [Fujiwara no Sanesada]
Composed as a Love poem, when he composed a hundred poem sequence.
人知れぬ木の葉の下のむもれ水思ふ心をかき流さばや
| Fito sirenu ko no Fa no sita no mumore midu omoFu kokoro wo kaki nagasaba ya |
Unknown to all Beneath the leaves upon the trees Flows a secret spring- The feelings within my heart I spell out for you. |
The Minister of the Right [Fujiwara no Sanesada]