A poem composed by Princess Nukata when the emperor went hunting at Kamōno.
茜草指 武良前野逝 標野行 野守者不見哉 君之袖布流
あかねさす紫野行き標野行き野守は見ずや君が袖振る
| akane sasu murasakino yuki simeno yuki nomori pa mizu ya kimi ga sode puru | Shining madder red, To the violet fields you go, To the hunting grounds you go, but Won’t the wardens look askance? At your waving sleeves…’ |
Princess Nukata
A poem composed after the cremation of Cloistered Retired Emperor En’yū at Murasakino, when recalling how His Majesty had travelled there for the Day of the Rat the year before.
紫野雲のかけても思ひきや春の霞になして見むとは
| murasaki no kumo no kaketemo omoFiki ya Faru no kasumi ni nasite mimu to Fa |
At Murasakino Clouds covering all Did I recall? The haze of spring Have they become when I see them now… |
Major Captain of the Left [Fujiwara no] Asamitsu
左大将[藤原]朝光