ひさかたの雨も降らぬか蓮葉に溜まれる水の玉に似たる見む
hisakata no ame mo puranu ka patisuba ni tamareru midu no tama ni nitaru mimu | Is it that from the eternal Heavens, rain has long not fallen, That on the lotus leaves Water rests and Seems all the more like gemstones? |

ひさかたの雨も降らぬか蓮葉に溜まれる水の玉に似たる見む
hisakata no ame mo puranu ka patisuba ni tamareru midu no tama ni nitaru mimu | Is it that from the eternal Heavens, rain has long not fallen, That on the lotus leaves Water rests and Seems all the more like gemstones? |
乙女子が菅田の池の蓮葉は心よげにも花咲きにけり
otomego ga sugata no ike no hachisuba wa kokoroyoge ni mo hana sakinikeri |
In maiden Form at Sugata Pond The lotuses Cheerfully Have bloomed! |
Minamoto no Moroyori
源師頼