After the death of Sada’ie’s mother, around autumn time he was staying at a temple near her grave and composed this.
まれにくる夜はもかなしき松風をたえずやこけのしたにきくらん
| mare ni kuru yo wa mo kanashiki matsu kaze o taezu ya koke no shita ni kikuran |
Rarely did I come At nights now I sorrowfully Pine trees in the wind Unceasing; with the moss Above, I wonder will I hear it? |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office Toshinari
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One Autumn, in remembrance of his mother he had gone into seclusion at the Hōrin [Temple] and, when the storm winds were blowing strongly…
うきよにはいまはあらしの山かぜにこれやなれゆくはじめなるらん
| uki yo ni wa ima wa arashi no yama kaze ni kore ya nareyuku hajime naruran |
In this cruel world Now, the storm winds Off the mountain: Will I grow accustomed to them- Is this the first step, I wonder? |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office Toshinari
藤原俊成
A rice-hulling poem presented from the Eastern Section at the Daijō Festivities in the First year of Nin’an (1166).
あふみのやさかたのいねをかけつみてみちあるみよのはじめにぞつく
| ōmi no ya sakata no ine o kaketsumite michi aru miyo no hajime ni zo tsuku |
In Ōmi At Sakata the rice Lies piled high; For my Lord’s reign to follow the way, First, we must hull it. |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office Toshinari
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Composed on the spirit of Felicitation.
きみがよはちよともさゝじあまのとやいづる月日のかぎりなければ
| kimi ga yo wa chi yo to mo sasaji ama no to ya izuru tsuki hi no kagiri nakereba |
My Lord’s reign will last A thousand years, or more, I cannot say; as From the doors of heaven Emerge the sun and moon Without end. |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office Toshinari
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For a folding screen in the sixth year of Bunji, on the occasion of the entry of a senior consort to the palace.
山人のおるそでにほふきくのつゆうちはらふにもちよはへぬべし
| yamabito no oru sode niou kiku no tsuyu uchiharau ni mo chi yo wa henubeshi |
Hermits’ Trailing sleeves scented With chrysanthemum dew When waved Pass through a thousand years, no doubt. |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office Toshinari
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Sent to [his nephew] the Gotokudaiji Minister of the Left on a snowy morning.
けふはもし君もやとふとながむれどまだあともなき庭の雪哉
| kyō wa moshi kimi mo ya tou to nagamuredo mada ato mo naki niwa no yuki kana |
Today, perhaps, You might come to call, I wonder, gazing at The yet undinted Snow upon my garden. |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office Toshinari
藤原俊成
Composed on the spirit of the start of winter, in a poetry contest in 1500 rounds.
をきあかす秋のわかれのそでのつゆ霜こそむすべ冬やきぬらん
| oki akasu aki no wakare no sode no tsuyu shimo koso musube fuyu ya kinuran |
Still awake at dawn, Parting from autumn, The dew upon my sleeves Is laced through with frost: Winter has come, perhaps. |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household [Fujiwara no] Toshinari (1114 – 1204)
藤原俊成
Composed as a tanabata poem.
たなばたのとわたる舟のかぢの葉にいく秋かきつ露の玉づさ
| tanabata no to wataru fune no kaji no ha ni iku aki kakitsu tsuyu no tamazusa |
For the Weaver Maid, Across the narrows goes the boat; In its oar stroke – as on mulberry leaves? How many are the autumns, when writ With dewdrops are the letters… |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office Toshinari
藤原俊成
From when he presented a hundred poem sequence to Retired Emperor Sutoku.
おぎの葉も契ありてや秋風のをとづれそむるつまとなりけん
| ogi no ha mo chigiri arite ya aki kaze no otozuresomuru tsuma to nariken |
Are reed fronds too Bound by former lives? The Autumn wind Has come to call: They must be joined in wedlock! |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household [Fujiwara no] Toshinari (1114-1204)
藤原俊成