Composed at the Palace Poetry Competition in the 4th Year of Tentoku (960).
ふるさとは春めきにけりみ吉野の御垣が原をかすみこめたり
Furusato Fa
Farumekinikeri
miyosino no
mikaki ga Fara wo
kazumi kometari |
Around the capital of old
Spring is all about.
In fair Yoshino
Mikaki Field is
All covered over with the haze. |
Taira no Kanemori
Topic unknown.
春霞たつやおそきと山がはの岩まをくゞるおと聞ゆなり
Farugasumi
tatu ya osoki to
yamagaFa no
iFa ma wo kuguru
oto kikoyu nari |
Spring haze
Is no sooner on the rise than from
Mountain streams’
Rocks’ cracks dripping
Sounds can be heard. |
Izumi Shikibu
和泉式部
'Simply moving and elegant'