Composed when she was Kamo High Priestess, at the shrine buildings.
わすれめやあふひをくさにひきむすびかりねのゝべのつゆのあけぼの
| wasureme ya aoi o kusa ni hikimusubi karine no nobe no tsuyu no akebono |
Will I forget, I wonder, Hollyhocks for my pillow Plucked and twined, Sleeping briefly in the fields On this dew-drenched dawning. |
Princess Shokushi
式子内親王
A poem composed at a competition held by Her Majesty, the Empress during the Kampyō era (889-898).
戀ひわびてうちぬるなかに行きかよふ夢のただぢはうつつならなむ
| wa ga koFi Fa miyamagakure no kusa nare ya sigesa masaredo siru Fito no naki |
My love: Hidden in the mountains’ heart are Grasses-is that it? Most lush, but Unknown to all. |
Ono no Yoshiki