Composed on plovers on the road to the barrier.
あはぢしまかよふちどりの鳴く声にいくよねざめぬすまの関もり
| awajishima kayou chidori no naku koe ni ikuyo nezamenu suma no sekimori | Around Awaji Isle The plovers fly about; Their calling cries Start him awake on how many nights— The barrier warden of Suma? |
Minamoto no Kanemasa
He composed this, thinking of when his father Lord Yoshifumi had was in Tamazushima and composed:
和歌の浦に名をとどめけるゆゑあらば道しるべせよ玉津島姫
waka no ura ni / na o todomekeru / yue araba / michishirube seyo / tamazushima-hime
‘Upon the Bay of Waka / To leave my name— / If only there was a way, then / I would have you guide me, / O Princess of Tamazushima!’
尋行く和歌のうら路のはま千鳥跡ある方に道しるべせよ
| tazuneyuku waka no uraji no hamachidori ato aru kata ni michishirube seyo | Coming to pay a visit To the ways of Waka Bay, O, plovers on the beach, How to follow in your footsteps I would have you guide me! |
Lord Ki no Yoshito
紀淑氏朝臣
Composed when he went to Michinoku.
ゆふさればしほかぜこしてみちのくの野田のたまがは千鳥鳴くなり
| yū sareba shiokaze koshite michinoku no noda no tamagawa chidori naku nari | When the evening comes Tidewinds cross to Michinoku, where At the Tama River in Noda The plovers are crying. |
Monk Nōin
From the Hundred Poem Sequences presented for former Emperor Horikawa.
うらかぜに吹上のはまの浜千鳥浪たちくらし夜半になくなり
| urakaze ni fukiage no hama no hamachidori nami tachikurashi yowa ni naku nari | Beach breezes Blow up Fukiage shore, where The plovers on the beach As the waves break in the darkness, Cry out with midnight. |
Kii, from the Residence of Imperial Princess Sukeko
Topic unknown.
あふことはいつとなぎさのはま千どり浪のたちゐにねをのみぞなく
| aFu koto Fa itu to nagisa no Famatidori nami no tachi’wi ni ne wo nomi zo naku | Our meeting— When will it be? On the seashore The plovers on the beach Amid the rising waves Simply let out sobbing cries! |
Middle Counsellor Masasada
