In the conception of waiting for love.
君まつとねやへもいらぬまきのとにいたくなふけそ山のはの月
| kimi matsu to neya e mo iranu maki no to ni itaku na fuke so yama no ha no tsuki |
Awaiting you I’ll not enter my bed; Upon my cedarwood door Strike not so hard, O, moonlight from the mountains’ edge. |
Princess Shokushi
式子内親王
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わするなよやどるたもとはかはるともかたみにしぼるよはの月かげ
| wasuru na yo yadoru tamoto wa kawaru tomo katami ni shiboru yowa no tsuki kage |
Do not forget! The sleeves they rest upon May change, yet ‘Tis rembrance you’ll wring out With this night’s moonlight. |
Sada’ie
定家
When the Regent and Grand Minister had fifty poems on the moon composed at his house.
さむしろやまつよの秋の風ふけて月をかたしくうぢのはしひめ
| samushiro ya matsu yo no aki no kaze fukete tsuki o katashiku uji no hashihime |
Chill, this thin straw mat; Awaiting through the night as the Autumn Wind blows stronger, Moonlight falling all around, My maid at Uji Bridge. |
Sada’ie
定家
When the Monk En’i invited people to take part in a hundred poem sequence, he composed this on drizzle.
しぐれつる眞屋の軒端の程なきに頓てさしいる月の影かな
| sigureturu maya no nokiba no Fodo naki ni yagate sasi’iru tuki no kage kana |
Fallen rain dripping From the leaning eaves So shallow that Swiftly in pours The moonlight. |
Fujiwara no Sada’ie
藤原定家