A poem by Lord Ono no Oyu, Junior Assistant Governor-General of Dazai.
青丹吉 寧樂乃京師者 咲花乃 薫如 今盛有
あをによし奈良の都は咲く花のにほふがごとく今盛りなり
awoni yosi Good blue-black clay—
Monkeys 猿
asa madaki ‘Tis not yet morn, but
Akinaka
Topic unknown.
霜さえて枯行く小野の岡べなる楢の廣葉に時雨ふるなり
simo saete
The frost is chill, and
Fujiwara no Mototoshi
下つ毛野みかもの山のこ楢のすまぐはし子ろは誰が笥か持たむ
simotuke no
On Shimotsuke plain,
Anonymous
Composed on seeming like the cool of an autumn evening at Lord Toshitsuna’s house.
夏山の楢の葉そよぐ夕暮はことしも秋の心地こそすれ
natuyama no
In the summer mountains
Minamoto no Yoritsuna (1025-1097)
When the Biwa Minister of the Left, having some use for them, requested some oak leaves, and this was sent to the house of his acquaintence, Chikane, to obtain them.
我が宿を何時馴らしてか楢の葉を馴らし顔には折りにをこする
wa ga yado wo
With my home
Toshiko
During the Chōgan Era, when His Majesty enquired when the Man’yōshū was created, he composed this and presented it.
神無月時雨ふりをけるならの葉の名におふ宮の古ごとぞこれ
kaminaduki
In the Godless Month
Fun’ya no Arisue
Three Envoys.
あをによし奈良にある妹が高々に待つらむ心しかにはあらじか
awoniyosi
As good blue-black clay,
Cicadas (蟬)
夏山のならのひろ葉にかくろへてこのもかのもに鳴く蟬のこゑ
natsuyama no In the summer mountains
Kanemasa
み狩りする雁羽の小野の櫟柴のなれはまさらず恋こそまされ
mikarisuru
Hunting
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