稀にきて稀にやどかる人もあらじ哀とおもへ庭のまつ風
| mare ni kite mare ni yado karu hito mo araji aware to omoe niwa no matsukaze | Even rarely coming, and Rarely borrowing my hut— There’s no such man, it seems, so Pity me, Pinewinds through my garden! |
590

Composed on a large number of travellers being at mountain retreat surrounded by pine trees.
まれにきて聞くだにかなし山がつの苔のいほりの庭の松風
| mare ni kite kiku dani kanashi yamagatsu no koke no iori no niwa no matsukaze | Rarely do I come, but Even hearing it is so sad— In a woodcutter’s Mossy hut, The pinewinds through the garden.[i] |
589

[i] See: After the death of Sada’ie’s mother, around autumn time he was staying at a temple near her grave and composed this. まれにくる夜はもかなしき松風をたえずやこけのしたにきくらん mare ni kuru / yo wa mo kanashiki / matsu kaze o / taezu ya koke no / shita ni kikuran ‘Rarely did I come / At nights now I sorrowfully / Pine trees in the wind / Unceasingly beneath the moss / I wonder will you hear it?’ Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office Toshinari (Shinkokinshū VIII: 796)
For the place on a folding screen with a picture of snow falling somewhere with a large number of travellers.
かたしきの衣手いたくさえわびぬ雪ふかきよのみねの松風
| katashiki no koromode itaku saewabinu yuki fukaki yo no mine no matsukaze | A single spread Sleeve is truly filled With lonely chill, On a night deep amidst the snow With the pinewinds on the peak. |
587

Composed on the conception of hearing a stag while moored at night.
うきねするゐなのみなとにきこゆなりしかのねおろすみねの松かぜ
| ukinesuru wina no minato ni kikoyunari sika no ne orosu mine no matukaze | In fitful sleep At Ina Harbour Do I hear A stag’s bell descending From the peaks upon the pinewinds. |
Lord Fujiwara no Takanobu
