Composed in the conception of secret love for a hundred poem sequence when the Chancellor was Minister of the Right.
あさましやおさふる袖のしたくぐる涙のすゑを人や見つらん
| asamasi ya osaFuru sode no sitakuguru namida no suwe wo Fito ya mituran |
How surprising! My wave-dashed sleeves: Below them dive All of my tears, but Will she see them, I wonder… |
Former Provisional Master of the Right Capital Office Yorimasa
前右京権大夫頼政
Composed as a poem in the conception of hidden Love for a hundred poem sequence when the Regent [Fujiwara no Kanezane] was Minister of the Right.
あさましや抑ふる袖の下潛る涙の末を人や見つらん
| asamasi ya wosaFuru sode no sita kuguru namida no suwe wo Fito ya mituran |
How pitiless! From my restraining sleeves, Beneath and through, slip Tears-whither bound, I wonder if she knows? |
Former Provisional Master of the Right Capital Office [Minamoto no] Yorimasa
Composed in the conception of Autumn leaves falling on a barrier road at the courtiers’ poetry competition in the hall of the Hōshu-ji in the Second Year of Kaō (1170).
都にはまだ靑葉にて見しかどももみぢちり志く白川の關
| miyako ni Fa mada awoba nite misikadomo momidi tirisiku sirakaFa no seki |
TIn the capital, There still were leaves of green Upon which to turn my gaze, yet Scattered scarlet leaves cover The barrier at Shirakawa. |
Former Provisional Master of the Right Capital Office [Minamoto no] Yorimasa
源頼政