On the conception of Love on a First Meeting.
いまよりも心ながさを頼まなむつらきをだにも恨みやはせし
| ima yori mo kokoro nagasa o tanomanamu tsuraki o dani mo urami ya wa seshi | From now On your faithfulness Will I rely! Or your cruelty – Will that be what I despise? |
Senior Assistant Governor General of Dazai [Fujiwara no] Shige’ie
太宰大弐重家
(1128-1181)
After the death of the Rokujō Regent [Fujiwara no Motozane (1143-1166)], one of his ladies picked one of the peonies he had planted and sent it to Shige’ie:
かたみとて見ればなげきのふかみ草なに中なかのにほひなるらん
| katami tote mireba nageki no fukamigusa nani naka naka no nioinaruran |
‘In memory of him,’ I think; At the sight my grief Grows deeper, o, peony, Why so rich Your glowing hues? |
Senior Assistant Governer General of the Dazaifu [Fujiwara no] Shige’ie (1128-1180)