Poems matched by the retainers of the Reikeiden Junior Consort, around the Third Month, Tenryaku 10.
Haze
Left (Tie)
あさひさすみねのしらゆきむらぎえてはるのかすみはたなびきにけり
| asahi sasu mine no shirayuki muragiete haru no kasumi wa tanabikinikeri | Morning sun shines upon The snow upon the peak, so white, All vanishing with The haze of spring A’trailing. |
Kanemori
1
Right
みよしのはゆきふりやまずさむけれどかすみぞはるのしるべなりける
| miyoshino wa yuki furiyamazu samukeredo kasumi zo haru no shirube narikeru | In fair Yoshino, where Never does the snow stop falling, ‘Tis cold, yet Haze of spring Is a sign. |
2
For a folding screen, during the reign of the Engi Emperor.
ゆきて見ぬ人もしのべと春の野のかたみにつめるわかななりけり
| yukite minu hito mo shinobe to haru no no no katami ni tsumeru wakana narikeri | They have not gone to see, yet Those folk, too, I would have recall The plains in springtime with The keepsake of these plucked Fresh herbs. |
Ki no Tsurayuki
[One of] Six poems new poems to harmonise and follow those on plum blossom, when he was at Dazai.
民布由都芸 芳流波吉多礼登 烏梅能芳奈 君尓之安良祢婆 遠久人毛奈之
みふゆつぎ はるはきたれど うめのはな きみにしあらねば おくひともなし
| mipuyu tugi paru pa kitaredo ume no pana kimi ni si araneba oku pito mo nasi | After deep winter’s passing Spring has come, and yet The plum blossom Is not you, my love, so There’s no one to beckon me here… |
Ōtomo no Fumimochi
Left
はるのよのあかぬわかれのあかつきはちへのにしきをたつにざりける
| haru no yo no akanu wakare no akatsuki wa chie no nishiki o tatsu ni zarikeru | After a spring night, Unsatisfied, parting at The dawn, Sewn a thousandfold, the brocade Through which I go! |
26
Right
あけぬてふこゑもなみだももろともにうちいづるからにそでぞぬれける
| akenu chō koe mo namida mo morotomo ni uchi’izuru kara ni sode zo nurekeru | ‘Tis dawn, say Birdsongs and tears Both, Bursting out, so My sleeves are soaked! |
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