On making a pilgrimage to the Hōrin Temple, he went there and composed this, before the grave of Major Counsellor Toshi’ie in Sagano.
さらでだに露けきさがの野べにきて昔のあとにしをれぬるかな
sarade dani
tsuyukeki saga no
nobe ni kite
mukashi no ato ni
shiorenuru kana | Even had I not to
Dew-drenched Saga’s
Meadows come,
The remnants of bygone days
Would leave me drenched! |
Supernumerary Middle Counsellor Toshitada
Created with Soan.
笛の音のおされし壁の跡みれば過ぎにし事は夢とおぼゆる
fue no ne no
osareshi kabe no
ato mireba
suginishi koto wa
yume to oboyuru | A flute’s note
Once faded where these walls’
Remnants stand—seeing them
Times long gone
I remember as a dream. |
Assistant Handmaid Sanuki
On a thin layer of ice remaining atop a pond, for a Poetry Contest held at the Residence of Imperial Princess Miwako.
うす氷残りすくなくなりにけり池のかがみと冬はみしかど
usugōri
nokori sukunaku
narinikeri
ike no kagami to
fuyu wa mishikado | The film of ice
Mere remnants
Has become;
Yet in the mirror of the pond
Winter was once seen… |
Musashino
'Simply moving and elegant'
