Composed on snow among the plum blossom.
梅のかのふりおける雪にまがひせばたれかことごとわきてをらまし
mume no ka no
The scent of plum
Tsurayuki
Composed on snow falling to cover the trees.
ふゆごもり思ひかけぬをこのまより花と見るまで雪ぞふりける
Fuyugomori
Buried in Winter,
Tsurayuki
Composed as a Winter poem.
雪ふれば冬ごもりせる草も木も春にしられぬ花ぞさきける
yuki Fureba
As the snow falls down,
Ki no Tsurayuki
Composed at Kitayama, when he had gone there saying he was going to pick some autumn leaves.
見る人もなくてちりぬるおく山の紅葉はよるのにしきなりけり
miru Fito mo
No one to see
Tsurayuki
Composed on seeing the autumn leaves, when he was living at Ono.
秋の山紅葉をぬさとたむくればすむ我さへぞたび心ちする
aki no yama
The mountains at Autumn time
Tsurayuki
Composed at Ōi on the last day of the Long Month.
ゆふづく夜をぐらの山になくしかのこゑの内にや秋はくるらむ
yuFuduku yo
In the twilit night
Tsurayuki
Composed while pondering on the Tatsuta River at the end of Autumn.
年ごとにもみぢばながす龍田河みなとや秋のとまりなるらむ
tosi goto ni
In every year
Tsurayuki
Composed when he saw Autumn leaves while living at a place called Ono.
秋の山紅葉をぬさとたむくればすむ我さへぞたび心ちする
aki no yama
The Autumn mountains
Tsurayuki
Composed when he went to the northern hills, saying he was going to gather Autumn leaves.
見る人もなくてちりぬるおく山の紅葉はよるのにしきなりけり
miru Fito mo
With no eyes to see
Tsurayuki
Composed on transplanting chrysanthemums which had been at someone else’s house:
さきそめしやどしかはれば菊の花色さへにこそうつろひにけれ
sakisomesi
Their first flowered
Tsurayuki
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